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Originally Posted by Richard
Kinda sounds like the Columbia students were enrolled in the PoliSci Department's Tea Party 101 class so they can attend Town Hall meetings and behave accordingly when they grow up.
Just sayin'...
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Hmm.
Was SSG Maschek someone's elected representative? Were they debating his voting record? I must have missed that one.
Did a Tea Party member at a town hall meeting call some else a racist? What is the relevance of that analogy to this discussion of student intolerance of opposing viewpoints?
There is no excuse for the students' behavior. SSG Maschek was there to voice an opinion as a student. A right he has paid a high price for and which should permit him to freely express his viewpoint.
I think your analogy is flawed and your comments are over the line with this one.
TR
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