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AgConductor
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Anyone have links or vids of what's going on? Saw a bunch of people are protesting someone who came to speak at a&m that was linked to white supremacy.
MylesMiller
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Twitter bro.
AgConductor
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Me no tweeters.
aggiediehard10
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https://www.periscope.tv/PhilJankowski/1eaKbljlZZqJX?t=5s
AgConductor
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By vids I mean the good ***** I want raw uncut footage of people getting **** kicked
aggie_fan13
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go to politics board
Krazykat
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Have they brought out the water cannons yet? Aggie Lives Matter!
unmade bed
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Where was this passion when Sumlin hired Mazzone. Could have made a difference.
aggiediehard10
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Thumbs up, don't tackle.
maxnow21
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AgConductor said:

By vids I mean the good ***** I want raw uncut footage of people getting **** kicked
That video doesn't exist because this isn't like a full blown "riot" like most media is/will be trying to make it out to be. Only 2 people have been arrested, both non-students. CNN reported there were like less than 20 people who attended the speech.
Aggie2812
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Just saw it on San Antonio local news
TXAggie2011
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There were definitely more than 20 at the speech.
maxnow21
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TXAggie2011 said:

There were definitely more than 20 at the speech.
I was talking about non-protesters. According to CNN "there were no more than a dozen people in that room that were there to just listen to Richard Spencer."
AgConductor
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Why would a&m let him come speak? It only portrays the school in a negative light.
AggieTFA06
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AgConductor said:

Why would a&m let him come speak? It only portrays the school in a negative light.
The controversial speaker was invited by a former student. TAMU administration did not know who it would be until it was too late. Because we are a public institution, we have to honor freedom of speech regardless of how reprehensible it is. If we tried to ban him, we were looking to face a lawsuit for a 1st amendment violation. An ugly situation, but we had no choice but to let him speak due to our laws.
To 1,000,000 touchdowns ...and beyond
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AgConductor said:

Why would a&m let him come speak? It only portrays the school in a negative light.


Horrible troll. Or you've been living under a rock. I'm gonna go with troll though.
merch
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ATM can't stop him from speaking
AgConductor
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Obviously they can't stop him from saying what he wants... they can stop him from having the platform to speak there correct?
AgConductor
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Thanks
Emilio Fantastico
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Serious question, does A&M now have "safe spaces"?

This year's contribution to the AFS hinges on that bit of information.

If A&M does have safe spaces, I will not give another dime to the university.
maxnow21
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AgConductor said:

Obviously they can't stop him from saying what he wants... they can stop him from having the platform to speak there correct?
They do not interfere. They wouldn't interfere if it was BLM or any other platform either. Freedom of speech, you don't have to agree with the message (Hell ****ing no I don't agree with this guys message and 99% of A&M students don't either.) but it is his constitutional right to do so. However, Texas A&M did set up the Unity counter protests that were 10,000 strong in support.
unmade bed
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Emilio Fantastico said:

Serious question, does A&M now have "safe spaces"?

This year's contribution to the AFS hinges on that bit of information.

If A&M does have safe spaces, I will not give another dime to the university.


Kyle Field has become a "safe space" for SEC West visitors.
The Collective
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We can all use this night as our excuse to cancel season tickets.
AgConductor
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So can anyone speak in the university or does it have to be approved? Not talking about around the campus I mean inside the university.. not trolling just don't understand how it works.
Ag249
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Is this gonna hurt our recruiting? I hope not!
MylesMiller
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It's public property, you have the right to go disagree with him.

United we stand, divided we fall.
MylesMiller
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He sucks tho.
HustlerAggie
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According to most of the posters here:
https://texags.com/forums/16/topics/2818481

The protesters were mainly a bunch of out of area Commies.
Meximan
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aeon-ag
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HustlerAggie said:

According to most of the posters here:
https://texags.com/forums/16/topics/2818481

The protesters were mainly a bunch of out of area Commies.
Paid for by George Soros.
Deputy Travis Junior
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AgConductor said:

So can anyone speak in the university or does it have to be approved? Not talking about around the campus I mean inside the university.. not trolling just don't understand how it works.
I'm sure speakers have to go through some registration process, but public accommodation laws being what they are, the approval board likely has very little ability to reject applicants based on the content of the speaker's speech.

This guy is a clear cut example of an acehole, so it's easy in this instance to say "the school should ban him from campus and not let him speak!" But granting others the right to judge and subsequently restrict speech is not something we should do simply because we disagree, even correctly, with what that person thinks and says. The easier and healthier solution (healthier as far as open democracy is concerned) is for people to sack up and ignore those that offend them rather than wasting time getting their panties in a twist.
Builder93
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The University decided to spend thousands, and maybe tens of thousands of dollars to say "be nice" to a guy who has a following of dozens instead of just ignoring him and being productive.
bobbyb0322
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This new generation is freaking weak.

Mike Elko
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Local news here was all over it last night. Really good look for our university, regardless of how it transpired.

I hope this mofo got his ass kicked the second he left the building.
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oh...

came here thinking we were going to discuss the bubble screen...
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