You are trying to stifle our free speech, white nationalist Richard Spencer tells Florida proteste
Source: Los Angeles Times
You are trying to stifle our free speech, white nationalist Richard Spencer tells Florida protesters
Matt Pearce and Les Neuhaus
OCTOBER 19, 2017 1:00 PM REPORTING FROM GAINESVILLE, FLA
Students and other audience members heavily booed white nationalist Richard Spencer on Thursday as he gave a speech at the University of Florida on Thursday, where the atmosphere was tense but mostly peaceful as police in riot gear kept watch.
We represent a new white America! said one speaker who came onstage to introduce Spencer.
Black lives matter! student protesters chanted in response. Black lives matter! Black lives matter!
Later, Spencers supporters, some of whom filled the front rows of the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, chanted back: You will not replace us! You will not replace us! You will not replace us!
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Bettie
(16,110 posts)Go ahead, speak, Asshole, but don't expect people to respect your message of hate.
You may have your little groupies who adore you, but there are more of us...you know, decent human beings, than there are of you and your ilk.
olegramps
(8,200 posts)Judi Lynn
(160,542 posts)'Why do you think youre welcome here, when it literally took a court order to get you here?'
Emily Shugerman New York 5 hours ago
The Independent US
Protesters at the University of Florida have drowned out white supremacist Richard Spencer's first major speech since the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.
As Mr Spencer took the stage, most of the half-filled Phillips Centre theatre stood and chanted: "F*** you Spencer!" Many raised their fists in a Black Power salute.
Mr Spencer started by welcoming the crowd to "the most important free speech event of [their] lifetime". He also thanked university President Kent Fuchs for allowing him to speak on campus.
"For the record, I don't stand behind racist Richard Spencer," Mr Fuchs quickly responded on Twitter. "I stand with those who reject and condemn Spencers vile and despicable message."
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http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/richard-spencer-speech-florida-protests-drowned-out-charlottesville-white-supremacist-a8010036.html
cstanleytech
(26,293 posts)but people themselves are under no such legal obligation.
Hong Kong Cavalier
(4,573 posts)You've said you want a "peaceful ethnic cleansing" in this country, which is impossible.
So fuck off and drink a Drano smoothie, you fascist asshole.
Or get punched in the face again.
FiveGoodMen
(20,018 posts)Speech is a separate issue.
I don't think Nazis should be tolerated on this planet.
Don't bother telling me about the irony of my comment.
They start the trouble, they need to be stopped.
Else, why did we fight WWII? Was it just so we could be ruled by fascists with American accents?
Initech
(100,079 posts)My grandparents signed up to fight fascism in Italy and Germany. If I have to I will gladly sign up here to fight fascism in America! After all it's the patriotic thing to do!
riversedge
(70,242 posts)Now public Universities have to spend their limited resources on shit like Spencer and his crap.
......................Spencer has turned his sights to public universities, where 1st Amendment protections of free speech limit officials ability to deny Spencer a platform. Officials at the Florida college have confirmed theyve spent roughly $500,000 on security for the event, and police from around Florida gathered in Gainesville to assist local police.
About 700 free tickets were available for the event and were supposed to be distributed outside the venue on a first-come, first-served basis, according to Spencers website, AltRight.com. Weapons were banned from the event, along with a wide range of other items, including water bottles, masks, shields and hats.
Everyone is welcome at #SpenceratUF, Spencer tweeted before the event Thursday. This is going to be an important dialogue for the entire community.
Police corralled protesters into a single line outside the venue and turned away attendees for various reasons, including a military veteran who walked with a cane, which was deemed a potential weapon. One woman said she was denied entry by Spencers supporters at the gate because she was with an African American man. Some journalists with cameras and notebooks were denied access but were allowed entry without those items.
Inside the auditorium, a group of Spencers supporters sat close to the stage, while the audience of protesters sat toward the back, separated from Spencer and his proponents by rows of empty seats and a cordon of police.................................
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msongs
(67,413 posts)msongs
(67,413 posts)Initech
(100,079 posts)angrychair
(8,699 posts)Its their free speech.
Their religious freedom.
Their right to protest.
Its the very crux of totalitarianism. The approach is textbook. Its the same approach used by their white nationalist leader trump.
This is a living, real-time example of how these movements work and how they gain so much control if people let them.
All they need is a platform and a passive audience. They dont need everyone to agree, just enough, even a little, even if the entire movement is based on misinformation and disinformation, it only requires some. Others will be forced in line through fear and force, you dont think every German agreed with Hitler and the Nazis Party do you? Fear, violence and social pressures are a powerful force to make others fall in line with your perspective, no matter how twisted or cruel.
These people are not that smart or organized but we should never give them a stage or allow their comments to go unchallenged or unchecked. To do so would risk the opportunity to take hold in a society already rift with distrust and institutional racism and sexism.
Yes, it can happen here.
Yes, it can happen again.
House of Roberts
(5,176 posts)for the protesters!
DBoon
(22,366 posts)When you threaten people's very humanity, you should expect a strong response
Richard Spencer is not debating the fine points of financial regulation and tax policy, he is advocating genocide
EarthFirst
(2,900 posts)When your message is ethnic cleansing and a culturally pure existence that is carried by your supporters toting Nazi flags; your free speech be damned!
You've got what you deserved once; watch your back, asshole!
Initech
(100,079 posts)We fought Nazis once, I will gladly fight them again!
turbinetree
(24,703 posts)to tell this asshole, the place seats 25,000, we, the university are going to charge you $5,000 a seat.
Since the supreme court said money is speech------------
shenmue
(38,506 posts)beachbum bob
(10,437 posts)they have free speech rights TOO