Posted on 02/03/2017 5:00:41 AM PST by Kaslin
The birthplace of the free speech movement has become its graveyard.
Hundreds of liberals rioted at the University of California Berkeley Wednesday night -- burning stores, throwing Molotov cocktails and clashing with police.
The birthplace of the free speech movement has become its graveyard.
Hundreds of liberals rioted at the University of California Berkeley Wednesday night -- burning stores, throwing Molotov cocktails and clashing with police.
The British conservative journalist called the violence a “horrible spectacle and very humiliating for American higher education.”
The crowd hurled fireworks at police officers and smashed windows at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Student Union. They also damaged buildings in downtown Berkeley – including a Starbucks and a number of banks.
The bloodthirsty mob targeted several supporters of President Trump. One young lady wearing a “Make America Great Again” hat was attacked during a television interview. An unknown man sprayed some sort of liquid in her face.
The Daily Californian reports another Trump supporter was grabbed by a crowd of agitators and thrown to the ground. He escaped, but they grabbed his red hat and set it on fire. And police had to rescue another man who was bloodied and beaten.
The university released a statement blaming the violence on outsiders who they allege came to the campus to cause mayhem.
They also affirmed Milo’s right to speak on the liberal campus.
“Chancellor Nicholas Dirks made it clear that while Yiannopoulos’ views, tactics and rhetoric are profoundly contrary to those of the campus, UC Berkeley is bound by the Constitution, the law and the university’s values and Principles of Community, which include the enabling of free expression across the full spectrum of opinion and perspective.”
Those are very nice words – but they are meaningless – unless they are enforced. According to the university, not a single person was arrested. Not a single arrest, folks.
Did someone order the police officers to stand down? If so, who gave that order – and why?
So here's what needs to happen: President Trump should immediately issue an executive order blocking Berkeley students from receiving any federal funding. And the same goes for any other public universities that want to silence conservative voices.
Universities must guarantee free speech for all students – conservative and liberal. It’s time for the federal government to eradicate this un-American infestation in higher education.
So shut down Berkeley, Mr. President. Shut it down.
“No one’s safety is at risk from different opinions,” Milo told “Tucker Carlson Tonight.” “No one’s physical safety is endangered by political ideas from a speaker on campus, but universities have sort of allowed this stuff to happen, and even in some cases encouraged it.”
Ironically, it was liberals who silenced a gay immigrant and vandalized a building named after a Civil Rights legend. Who knew there were so many homophobic, racist xenophobes at Berkeley?
What an excellent idea.
Who didn't know?
Don’t shut it down. Get rid of the President of the California College System. That’s the person who screwed the pooch. By the way, who is the chancellor?
Janet Napolitano. Go figure....
Anti-Semites, too, right? Isn’t Milo Jewish?
In my college days we always called it Bizzerkley, not Berkeley. Bizarre is an excellent description for them.
There are anti-mask laws in many states, including California. During the permitting process for demonstrations (given a jurisdiction which, unlike Berkeley, wants no violence) masks can be prohibited. If these cretins can’t wear masks, they won’t burn, destroy, and loot.
Yes, also anti immigrant right?
This appears to be Starbucks new genius advertising campaign. I hope their insurance adjuster is a major league asshole.
Heck with that.
Provoke a riot.
Trap the rioters.
Arrest them all. Crack the skulls of any that resist.
The anarchists were ready for this. Ther were not people who got upset and jumped up out of their dorm rooms to protest. They had ‘uniforms’, shields, weapons. They weren’t protesting. They were there to destroy.
I’m upgrading my carry piece from .380 to 9mm.
bfl
Milo is Catholic. Ben Shapiro is Jewish
Who didn’t know the “Free Speech Movement” was a Trojan Horse used by leftys to infiltrate US institutions?
My favorite accusation is that an Openly Gay man is “Islamophobic”. I mean, who doesn’t love their would be executioner?
The Left accurately sees MILO is the destroyer of their world.
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