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posted by Fnord666 on Thursday February 15 2018, @03:09PM   Printer-friendly
from the the-cost-of-free-speech dept.

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.


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  • (Score: 4, Informative) by takyon on Thursday February 15 2018, @11:00PM (3 children)

    by takyon (881) <reversethis-{gro ... s} {ta} {noykat}> on Thursday February 15 2018, @11:00PM (#638509) Journal

    https://factba.se/search#tolerance [factba.se]

    "When we open our hearts to patriotism, there is no room for prejudice, no place for bigotry, and no tolerance for hate."
    - President Donald J. Trump

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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by insanumingenium on Thursday February 15 2018, @11:45PM (2 children)

    by insanumingenium (4824) on Thursday February 15 2018, @11:45PM (#638535) Journal

    I would love few things more than to hear that sentiment from him more often. Though I hardly think 7 or so quotes that search found over his entire life qualify him as a "prince of peace", the rest of the results are about zero tolerance of various things. Even that very quote about inclusiveness in the military was seen as terribly hypocritical being given shortly after stating that transgendered people will not be allowed to serve in the military in any capacity.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 16 2018, @09:10AM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 16 2018, @09:10AM (#638748)

      Face reality. If you send men into combat in a real war and they are captured they will end up in a POW camp. If you send women into combat in a real war and they are captured they will be raped, and then to cover up the war crime, probably shot.
      Given the USA's current list of conflicts transgenders will be raped up the arse until they too loose to use, then summarily executed as a crime against allah.

      • (Score: 2) by insanumingenium on Friday February 16 2018, @04:42PM

        by insanumingenium (4824) on Friday February 16 2018, @04:42PM (#638884) Journal

        So you are saying I shouldn't send soldiers into battle because the enemy won't be nice to them? Really? Also notice his statement was "in any capacity", in other words that includes both combat and non combat roles.