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Yannapoulos speech canceled because of violent protesters

Update: I’ve posted some video below the fold. Watch it and tell me is you want to be allied with these protesters.

Fascists: Because a mob of violent protesters tore down barricades and attacked people, a speech by Milo Yannapoulos was canceled tonight at the University of California-Davis.

Not surprisingly, the local California authorities and the university did not seem very interested in providing proper protection, and actually laid the responsibility for the violence not on the protesters but on the conservative student club that had organized the event.

A statement from the UC Davis College Republicans: “We were told by the chief of Davis police that they could not guarantee the safety of the students, the speaker, or the police officers if the event should go ahead,” said Gabrielle McDowell, vice chair of the UC Davis College Republicans. “As the organization hosting the event, we would have been held personally responsible for any harm caused as a result of its taking place. We were therefore forced to cancel the event” she continued.

The violence and thuggery from the left has been getting worse. Five years ago they wrote letters of protest. Three years ago they merely heckled the speakers. Now they are aggressively attacking them and forcing them to flee. I suspect that, given time, these thugs are next going to advocate having every conservative arrested and shipped to concentrations camps.

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4 comments

  • wodun

    The violence and thuggery from the left has been getting worse. Five years ago they wrote letters of protest.

    It has been like this for most of my life, although does look like it is increasing in frequency and intensity.

    It is really f’d up that the school would hold the victims accountable rather than the Democrat’s militant activists.

    The Democrats only attack those that don’t fight back. One day people will fight back if Democrats continue inflicting violence on innocent people.

  • wayne

    wodun–
    good stuff.

    Milo Leads march at UC Davis
    https://youtu.be/rzRQB41P5dg?t=556

  • Edward

    What is the lesson that these violent liberal Democrat students learning?

    That’s right. Violence, or the threat of violence, allows them to get their way. That escalation causes fear in the authorities.

    Hitler learned a similar lesson as he worked his way into his intended war. Just as with our current thugs, there was a time when proper, simple police work would have stopped Hitler’s thugs. Does that surprise you? Watch this:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQtJVjVtVLM (8 minutes)
    “That is the real world difference between weakness and strength.”

  • Insomnius

    They can’t be fascists because “Your’e the FASCIST!” crap, again! Colleges can talk and teach about civilization, but demanding people to remain civil with each other is just to confusing for the new “brownshirts”. BTW,some of those protesters don’t seem like students from campus!

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