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Re:University of Chicago: ‘We Do Not Support So-Called Trigg... by jonlucc on Thursday August 25, 2016 @06:04PM (#12362858)
Why not allow both? The group can have their speaker within whatever guidelines the school has (some schools ban foul language or other school-wide policies), and the other group is allowed to protest. Just like the real world where another company can do what it wants within the law, but I can also protest what and how they do it.
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Re:University of Chicago: ‘We Do Not Support So-Called Trigg... by teacup50 on Thursday August 25, 2016 @07:06PM (#12363172)
Protesting the speaker's ideas is always fine.

Protesting the speaker's existence is difficult to intellectually justify as a healthy exchange of ideas, including critique.

These days, what we see is a lot of the latter -- up to and including attempting to prevent attendance of the event -- and very little of the former.

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Re:University of Chicago: ‘We Do Not Support So-Called Trigg... by talmand on Friday August 26, 2016 @09:28AM (#12366040)
I've seen cases on college campuses of obvious criminal activity, although usually minor, that is excused because they happen during a protest.
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