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    I agree that universities today are occasionally having trouble with "progressive" student groups who are trying to silence certain speakers, etc. It's a problem. However, this does not mean that every speaker should be given a platform. Guests should be invited based on academic merit, only. This is a difficult task as universities are places that often are pushing the boundaries of knowledge.

    HOWEVER, I find it completely, completely bullshit that people like Anne Coulter and Milo Yianni are the loudest voices complaining about being un-invitied to speak at certain venues. These two people go OUT OF THEIR WAY to say things that are inflammatory, often with no basis in reality. Milo and Anne make ridiculous jokes, say offensive shit and on purpose, routinely. THEY SPEND THEIR TIME TRYING TO PISS PEOPLE OFF AND MAKE ENEMIES.

    And then they cry that people get angry when they come around.

    Milo and Anne understand the media very well, and they work as professional assholes. That's how they earn a living. There's no hypocrisy anywhere quite like the people who try very very very hard every day to piss off as many people as they can, and then claim that their rights are being taken away by pissed off people. Milo and Anne and these assholes create the anger, then feed off it.

    At least the "progressive" students who are trying to silence them generally have good intentions. They may be wrong to do so and misguided, but at the heart of it they're often just trying to make the world a better place in the way that they feel is best. It might not be right, but at least it's honest. It's important for society to remind these kids that they are still students, and not let them dictate any sort of censorship, etc.

    But, to give the same weight to the intolerance of the far-left with the intolerance of the far-right is just completely absurd.

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    • Like, does Milo even have a degree? Seems like he failed out or dropped out of many universities, but is otherwise uneducated.nb
    • Milo was an editor of Breibart, who some think has caused a right-wing cultural revolution in thinking. Dropped out of Manchester got accepted to Cambridge.monoboy
    • Prick deserves more scrutiny.monoboy
    • Sadly, the press and media just used him for the exposure. TwatBait journalism makes money sadly.monoboy
    • He got expelled from Wolfson, Cambridge.nb
    • What a fucking loser:
      https://thetab.com/2…      nb
    • alt-right troll is a legit career path, unfortunately. certainly more lucrative than proper journalism if you are a telegenic gobshite contrarian.Fax_Benson
    • Milo is a conman with previous for swindling money from hapless goons - of which /pol/ and reddit arses have an endless supply.face_melter
    • I'm sure someone like Milo can find the correct platform for his kind of speaking, but he shouldn't expect a warm welcome from the education communitymonospaced
    • lol, here's your 'education' community:
      https://www.youtube.…      Gnash
    • You work really hard to avoid the truth here Gnash using YouTube videos that continue to fail to address the point.monospaced
    • i dont agree. there's a real problem on campus.Gnash
    • fortunately though, most of the whiners are taking useless degrees and will end up just serving coffee or artisanal toast.Gnash
    • whining isn't a real problem! it's not a rights issue, it's not censorship, it's not free speech infringement, or intolerance, or any of what you make it out tbmonospaced
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