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Pie Throwing

April 01, 2005

Pat Buchanan got a faceload of salad dressing at Western Michigan University recently. While I may not care about Pat and his views, the incident disturbs me.

First, it adds more public disgrace to Western Michigan University. The riots last year and other various incidents have not helped the school, and now this. Granted, the student was actually a KVCC student, but it was at a WMU event.

Secondly, why should he be any less able to proclaim his views than other people? Does free speech only apply to liberals? I’m making a broad statement here, I admit, but I don’t see any conservatives throwing pie, salad dressing or shoes at liberal speakers. Buchanan, and Kristol joing a club that includes Ann Coulter and Bill Gates, to name a couple more… This whole events saddens me.

Free speech is free speech. Conservatives like to regulate it in some ways (recent FCC bullshit), liberals in others (pie throwing). We are all guilty of it… I just wish some people would be more mature about it.

Posted by paul at April 1, 2005 11:44 AM

Comments

Murph said on April 1, 2005 04:22 PM

Wait, so using the government to regulate what people can say is "mature"?

:)

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