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From Cleveland.com:
CINCINNATI (AP) -- Kent State University, facing the threat of a lawsuit, reiterated on Friday that it cannot accommodate a request to allow white nationalist Richard Spencer to speak in early May as part of his campus tour.
The university, which is based in Kent but has regional campuses elsewhere in the state, said it had responded to attorney Kyle Bristow reaffirming its earlier response that no suitable space is available for Spencer to speak between April 30 and May 12.
Bristow had told Kent State it had until the end of business Friday to agree to rent space at an "acceptable date and time" or face a lawsuit. Several other schools, including Ohio State University and the University of Cincinnati, are in litigation over Spencer.
Tour organizer Cameron Padgett wanted Spencer to speak at Kent State on the May 4 anniversary of Ohio National Guard shootings that killed four students during anti-war protests in 1970. The university said early May is too busy with activities around the end of the academic year.
Bristow said last year that Spencer planned to speak March 14 on the University of Cincinnati campus, but the university said there was no contract in place, and the two sides are now in a legal standoff over the university's demand for a security fee of nearly $11,000.
(Score: 4, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 15 2018, @04:17PM (10 children)
The types of followers he brings out are in favor of using violence to achieve their goals. The types of protesters he brings out are in favor of using violence to prevent his ilk from achieving their goals. The overall safety of the campus should be the priority. Let him go rent out the Foreign Legion hall or the VFW hall.
(Score: 4, Informative) by DeathMonkey on Thursday February 15 2018, @05:15PM (9 children)
The types of followers he brings out are in favor of using violence to achieve their goals. The types of protesters he brings out are in favor of using violence to prevent his ilk from achieving their goals.
Last time [soylentnews.org] we talked about a Spencer speech we heard the same types of false equivalency and claims that there would be violence from the left.
Meanwhile, the only violence that occurred was three white supremacists shooting at the crowd. [cnn.com]
Sorry, one side is definitely worse. [salon.com]
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 15 2018, @05:25PM (7 children)
I'm not disagreeing, nor am I equating both sides. But if either side leans toward violence Spencer's presence posses a risk.
(Score: 0, Redundant) by arcz on Thursday February 15 2018, @05:48PM (6 children)
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Thursday February 15 2018, @05:56PM (2 children)
That does not mean taxpayer provided security is at all adequate. Maybe you need to bring in the national guard instead of the local police.
Maybe other taxpayers have an opinion about whether they should be paying for considerably more security resources just to allow one individual to demand the use of a particular venue. Don't we want to save taxpayer money?
The lower I set my standards the more accomplishments I have.
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 15 2018, @08:50PM (1 child)
Bringing the National Guard? Onto the Kent State Campus? On May 4? Are you insane, or just incredibly insensitive?
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Thursday February 15 2018, @10:24PM
Insanely ironic.
Or ironically insane.
The lower I set my standards the more accomplishments I have.
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 15 2018, @07:57PM (2 children)
Is Spencer a resident of Ohio? Does he pay state taxes in Ohio? No and no. He is a resident of Virginia. Kent State is a public school in Ohio. Local police are paid for by local taxes.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 15 2018, @10:49PM (1 child)
"Equal protection under the law"
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 15 2018, @10:52PM
No law says the uni must give him a soap box to spew his nonsense
(Score: 1, Troll) by DeathMonkey on Thursday February 15 2018, @07:42PM
And just like that it turns out the piece of shit who murdered 17 kids yesterday was Trump supporter. [standard.co.uk]