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Re:Trump threatens to cut funds to UC Berkeley after protest by vkou on Thursday February 02, 2017 @12:40PM (#13552524)
Milo has no god-enshrined right to hold a rally at a university campus, just like he has no god-enshrined right to hold one at the country club down the road. It is completely consistent to protest the establishments allowing him to do so.

There is also the argument that fascism is an existential threat to liberal democracy. See the paradox of tolerance.

Re:Trump threatens to cut funds to UC Berkeley after protest by Alex3917 on Thursday February 02, 2017 @12:42PM (#13552548)
You're missing the point though. They're protesting him because one of his Twitter followers called Leslie Jones an ape.

And yet they weren't throwing rocks at Bernie because his followers referred to black people as low-information voters. Nor were they protesting Hillary because her followers referred to Obama as a boy.

Do you really not see the double standard?

Re:Trump threatens to cut funds to UC Berkeley after protest by dagw on Thursday February 02, 2017 @01:00PM (#13552774)
They're protesting him because one of his Twitter followers called Leslie Jones an ape.

Do you seriously, honestly believe that that is only or even primary reason people might have for protesting Milo?

Re:Trump threatens to cut funds to UC Berkeley after protest by Alex3917 on Thursday February 02, 2017 @01:04PM (#13552810)
> Do you seriously, honestly believe that that is only or even primary reason people might have for protesting Milo?

Yes. The reason most people are giving for protesting him is that he's racist, and the fact that one of his followers called Leslie Jones an ape is always cited as the reason for why he's racist.

If you don't believe me, look at the reasons the ADL gives for why he's racist:

http://www.adl.org/combating-hate/domestic-extremism-terrori...

Re:Trump threatens to cut funds to UC Berkeley after protest by neaden on Thursday February 02, 2017 @01:19PM (#13552964)
How about when he publicly doxxed and insulted a transgender student at UW-Milwaukee as another reason to protest him among many many other valid reasons? http://nymag.com/thecut/2016/12/milo-yiannopoulos-harassed-a...
Re:Trump threatens to cut funds to UC Berkeley after protest by vkou on Thursday February 02, 2017 @12:46PM (#13552605)
> They're protesting him because one of his Twitter followers called Leslie Jones an ape.

There's a million reasons to protest this guy. You're missing the forest through the trees, by focusing on only one (That you consider absurd or hypocritical).

Bernie Sanders also didn't speak out in support of a muslim ban, or building a wall, or deporting millions of people... But Milo sure did.

Re:Trump threatens to cut funds to UC Berkeley after protest by Moshe_Silnorin on Thursday February 02, 2017 @12:42PM (#13552547)
He does at public universities.
Re:Trump threatens to cut funds to UC Berkeley after protest by vkou on Thursday February 02, 2017 @12:44PM (#13552585)
No, he doesn't. Universities are free to choose who they will invite to speak. He is using campus facilities - specifically, lecture halls for his rally. They have the right to refuse.

If he held his rally on the lawn, that would be a different story.

Re:Trump threatens to cut funds to UC Berkeley after protest by williamgb on Thursday February 02, 2017 @12:52PM (#13552677)
He was holding a rally?