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riversedge

(70,218 posts)
Fri Mar 29, 2019, 12:56 AM Mar 2019

Protests prompt Beloit College, Wisconsin to cancel Erik Prince lecture

I have a feeling the Trump will give us his opine on this protest. Recall that he just signed his Executive Order last week for free speech on campus (even hate speech imho).





Updated: Mar 28, 2019 12:36 PM CDT

BELOIT, Wis. - A liberal arts college in southern Wisconsin canceled a lecture by former Blackwater head Erik Prince after protesters disrupted the planned talk.

Students piled chairs onto the stage where Prince was to speak at Beloit College and pounded on drums Wednesday night. The school announced the event was canceled around 8:15 p.m.

Employees for Prince's previous firm, Blackwater, were implicated in the deaths of 14 civilians in Iraq in 2007.

In a statement, the college said "open dialogue on all topics is one of our core principles," and the school condemned the behavior of protesters.

Prince's appearance was to be hosted by Young Americans for Freedom, a conservative student organization.

The Beloit Daily News reports Prince spoke later at a hotel and said his free speech rights had been violated.

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Protests prompt Beloit College, Wisconsin to cancel Erik Prince lecture (Original Post) riversedge Mar 2019 OP
one doubts he was giving the speech for free nt msongs Mar 2019 #1
Betsy Devos' brother IcyPeas Mar 2019 #2
Actually this is exactly what they want exboyfil Mar 2019 #3

exboyfil

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3. Actually this is exactly what they want
Fri Mar 29, 2019, 03:02 AM
Mar 2019

The university should have a mechanism for question and answer period or rebuttal for controversial speakers.

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