RIFT OVER REV. AL AT COLUMBIA

New York Post ^ | 9/09/01 | SUSAN EDELMAN

[kattracks]

September 9, 2001 -- Al Sharpton faces a volatile reception at Columbia University this afternoon when he appears as guest speaker at a back-to-campus event intended to unite the student body.

A right-wing student group plans to protest Sharpton's speech on "community activism," saying they fear his address might pit blacks against Jews.

[Nitro]

What is the difference between rev al and a bucket of shit?

The bucket!

[NativeNewYorker]

It gives Appelbaum's telephone number, and vows to prevent him from getting a job after graduation "to punish him."

Someone like Applebaum isn't on a path to "getting a job".

He *may* become a bounty/publicity hunting lawyer, or he may become a Dem pol or govt attorney.

None of those qualifies as "a job" to real-world people.

[gatex]

"Sharpton called the protests 'showboating and publicity seeking'...."

He should know---

[RGSpincich]

It worked on JJ in Florida and Washington DC.

[1776thefounders]

The mob mentality of the so-called right and left to silence speech is maoist and un-american!

[RGSpincich]

Yeah but it feels so good. You're right.

[Hillary 666]

Sharpton called the protests "showboating and publicity seeking" and called the JDO "a bunch of thugs."

And Al is the expert on showboating, publicity-seeking, and being a thug so he ought to be able to recognize his own tactics.

[Steve_Seattle]

"Sharpton says he intends to speak about such things as . . . voter disenfranchisement."

In other words, he intends to repeat the big lie that black Florida voters were disenfranchised by a right-wing plot. Columbia can invite anyone they want to speak, but inviting Sharpton to an event intended to "unite" students can only be the act of a moron or a liar. It is pure Looney Tunes. Would they invite David Horowitz to speak at such an event?

[rmlew]

For the record, I condemned the personal attacks against MR. Appelbaum and the thre3ateneing messeges. These were inappropriate.

[rmlew]

1776thefounders wrote:
"The mob mentality of the so-called right and left to silence speech is maoist and un-american!"

I did not protest to silence Sharpton. I protested the invitation to Sharpton to be the Orientation speaker.
Sharpton is not just a demagogue. He is a race-baiter whose protests have incited murder on 2 occasions. He crossed a line when he called for the destruction of a Jewish clothing store anda Korean grocer, and both were burnt down. He crossed a line when he took a traffick accident and turned it into an excuse for blacks to launch a pogrom against Jews, killing one Jew and one Latino.
By having Sharpton as the first speaker of the year, the ReOrientation speaker, whose job is to define the community, the political union and the university made Jews whites and Koreans (altogehter 70%+ of the university) second class citizens. If that didn't deserve protest, what does?

Ron Lewenberg
President, CCCC