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Riley Gaines says she will SUE after San Fran State University praised trans-rights activists for a 'peaceful' protest where she claims she was assaulted and held for ransom - and asks: 'Does my freedom of speech not deserve to be protected?'
UK Daily Mail ^ | April 10 2023 | STEPHEN M. LEPORE

Posted on 04/09/2023 11:19:25 PM PDT by knighthawk

College swimming champion Riley Gaines says she plans to take legal action after San Francisco State University praised students for 'peaceful' protest at an event where she claims she was assaulted and held for ransom.

Gaines, 23, says she was forced to barricade herself inside a room for around three hours at the campus Thursday night after a group of activists ambushed her, in an alleged assault she called 'violent, completely wrong and criminal.'

She was giving a speech to students about competing against Lia Thomas, a transgender woman, at the Women's NCAA Swimming Championships last year. It's unclear what exactly set off the fracas but video shows students loudly drowning out Gaines' speech about competing against 'biological males' in women's sports.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: california; education; freespeech; gaines; riley; rileygaines; sanfrancisco; sports; trantifa; violence
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1 posted on 04/09/2023 11:19:25 PM PDT by knighthawk
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To: knighthawk

She was held for ransom ON CAMERA so she has a good case.


2 posted on 04/10/2023 12:18:12 AM PDT by agere_contra
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To: knighthawk

According to Herbert Marcuse, violence against those who oppose the New Left is self-defense.

THUS: Hollyweird has a fundraiser for the trans school-shooter, Joe the President invites Democrat insurrectionists to the White House, and now SF State Diversity praises those who assaulted Riley Gaines.


3 posted on 04/10/2023 12:20:58 AM PDT by Redmen4ever
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To: knighthawk

Lia Thomas is a man.


4 posted on 04/10/2023 12:23:21 AM PDT by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism. )
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To: knighthawk

the university has nothing to lose. When they lose and have to deliver a payout they’re not paying. You are paying. They defray that out from public funds. They’ve got bottomless pockets with no accountability. The only time you’ll see action on any of these infractions is when the actual perpetrators of the action are made to pay from their own pockets. It’s got to hurt or it’s not going to work. You’re just suing yourself.

There is no deterrence where there is not a credible threat of the use of force.


5 posted on 04/10/2023 12:33:56 AM PDT by Samurai_Jack (This is not about hypocrisy, this is about hierarchy!)
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To: MeganC

Correct!


6 posted on 04/10/2023 12:36:11 AM PDT by ScaniaBoy (Part of the Right Wing Research & Attack Machine)
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These entitled west coast uber-leftists are leading the revolution, making their east coast counterparts look like 1970s college debating teams. The reason is that a steady diet of salmon, wild berries and Starbucks coffee changes the human brain into a sort of dinosaur brain, or so it would seem.

Actually a more sensible analysis is that west coast governments (state and city) are mostly so far to the left that none of the antics of these uber-leftists appear wrong, let alone actionable, to the authorities, and the police forces are now largely infiltrated with woke hand-wringers also.

You see this triumphalist attitude among eco-freaks, climate warriors, spokespersons for the homeless, free drug use advocates, the open border crowd, and this transgender attack force. It all revolves around the Antifa black hole.

The end to all this is surely partition. In the west there is a natural barrier beyond which the left have only limited powers (the Cascades - Sierra Nevada). In the east and Midwest, the boundaries are urban-rural. I cannot imagine a solution otherwise given the demographics and magnitude of election fraud.

A critical mass (in more ways than one) need to come together in the heartland, declare their independence, and stop recognizing the DC government, setting up a new one and admitting portions of states that are themselves partitioned. This would work in Canada too and it gives rise to a natural cross-border heartland entity. I don’t have illusions about this being easy, but what alternative is even possible, let alone easy? Let the socialists run their own show, we can guess how that will end up just from looking at Venezuela and Cuba. Why should we be governed by these idiots?


7 posted on 04/10/2023 1:41:05 AM PDT by Peter ODonnell (In leftspeak, "disproven false claim" means fact. "Intolerance" means revulsion. "Progress" =failure)
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csu is a big fish in any judicial court pond. they can afford to retain top legal talent. the judges tend to give csu big latitude in hearings (meaning that they are allowed mistakes while plaintiffs are not).

the punishment is that there is still residual danger of public loss of face from losing a case, and the bureaucracy eventually grinds down upon the individual perp employees who might then be at risk of being denied the promotions and coveted positions that they would otherwise get.


8 posted on 04/10/2023 2:10:30 AM PDT by SteveH
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To: Peter ODonnell

Partition won’t work because they will never stop their Satanic-supported war against the rest of God-supporting humanity. They’ve got to be completely and thoroughly defeated.


9 posted on 04/10/2023 2:12:45 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (America Owes Anita Bryant An Enormous Apology)
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To: knighthawk

She should sue. The problem is that it costs money to sue - unless she can find an attorney who wants the exposure and will do it on contingency.


10 posted on 04/10/2023 3:06:54 AM PDT by neverevergiveup
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To: agere_contra

She has a good case but not in Liberal la la land


11 posted on 04/10/2023 3:17:26 AM PDT by afchief
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To: fieldmarshaldj

I believe this mass madness will go away soon and fashionable people will pretend they never supported it. Just like “repressed memories” or “multiple personality disorder”. Almost no one will suffer damage to their reputation.


12 posted on 04/10/2023 3:19:50 AM PDT by Krosan
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To: Krosan

Soon??


13 posted on 04/10/2023 3:32:26 AM PDT by Chickensoup (Genocide is here. Leftist extremists are spearhheading the Genocide against conservatives. )
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To: Chickensoup

Some people, whose brand is being slightly ahead of the trends, are already distancing themselves from this madness. The New Yorker is now publishing articles that make trannies mad.


14 posted on 04/10/2023 3:35:18 AM PDT by Krosan
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To: knighthawk

How will she even know who to sue? Is there specific ID of the rioters?


15 posted on 04/10/2023 4:11:54 AM PDT by Ex-Episcopalian
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To: knighthawk

It’s San Francisco, it will go nowhere except she might be cited as instigator and sued for trauma by the leftist idiots who’ll claim PTSD.


16 posted on 04/10/2023 4:19:19 AM PDT by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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To: knighthawk

Good, to me to fight back...


17 posted on 04/10/2023 4:43:23 AM PDT by Deplorable American1776 (Guns don't kill people, LIBERALS DO!! Support the Second Amendment...)
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To: knighthawk

God bless Riley!!


18 posted on 04/10/2023 4:44:52 AM PDT by Jane Long (What we were told was a conspiracy theory in ‘20 is now fact. Land of the sheep, home of the knaves)
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To: knighthawk
Your freedom of speech?

Straight white female?

No.

19 posted on 04/10/2023 5:43:33 AM PDT by grobdriver (The CDC can KMA!)
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To: Krosan

I doubt it. The only problem for liberals is they are running out of minority groups. So eventually they will not have their latest outrage nonsense.


20 posted on 04/10/2023 5:59:30 AM PDT by napscoordinator (DeSantis is a beast! Florida is the freest state in the country! )
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