At UNC Chapel Hill last night, former Colorado congressman Tom Tancredo was forced from the stage by the mob-like behavior of some students and, according to this News & Observer story, a professor. All because he was on campus to discuss illegal immigration and in-state tuition.
Check out the mentality of people who expect to be able to do and say anything they want — including preventing someone else from speaking. This should raise the hair on our arms (emphasis is mine).
The sound of breaking glass from behind a window shade interrupted the tug-of-war.
Tancredo was escorted from the room by campus police.
About 200 protesters reconvened outside the building. “We shut him down; no racists in our town,” they shouted. “Yes, racists, we will fight, we know where you sleep at night!”
Then there’s this:
UNC graduate student Tyler Oakley, who had organized the protest, said he regretted the broken window but not silencing Tancredo. “He was not able to practice his hate speech,” said Oakley. “You have to respect the right of people to assemble and collectively speak.”
Huh?
