Columbia University Dean Would Welcome Hitler

[Zandor]

"If Hitler were in the United States and wanted a platform from which to speak, he would have plenty of platforms to speak in the United States. If he were willing to engage in a debate and a discussion, to be challenged by Columbia students and faculty, we would certainly run it."

John Coatsworth

[sendero]

1. What is your point?

Do you believe in free speech or not?

[cgrindley]

2. You just lost

you should wiki Godwin's Law before posting anything to do with the H-word.

[Zandor]

3. Nope

Coatsworth referenced Hitler, I'm quoting him.

[nebenaube]

10. only when arguing with fools...

Ignorance IS Strength

[bullimiami]

4. who the hell is coatsworth? he is a fool.

the comparison is retarded.
what has ahmadinijad done?
has he murdered millions of people? has he invaded other countries?
iran is certainly less oppressive and more democratic than saudi arabia.

[cali]

7. Long gone, but why was he a fool?

[bullimiami]

9. he is a fool because he strikes out with scapegoating instead of logic.

[cali]

14. I thought you called Coatsworth a fool

if you called the OP a fool, you are way over the line.

[BOSSHOG]

5. I would also like to see Columbia invite Klansmen to speak at the school

without hoods or masks or nothing to hide behind. If one firmly believes what they believe then sharing with others in a public forum and possibly to be questioned about your beliefs should not be a problem whatsoever. I guess that explains why the likes of limbaugh and hannity (visible klansmen) have to hide behind select audiences when they venture out at all.

[cali]

6. I suspect that quote is from

1933 or 1934. And I think it's a reasonable position for the time. Just like I think Bollinger's position is reasoable.

[Zandor]

13. Coatsworth invited Ahmadinejad to Columbia

The quote is from a few days ago.

[me b zola]

8. You're still here beating your war-drum?

:freak:

[Lex]

11. The cure for hate speech is MORE speech, not denial of speech.

MORE speech to educate and also to contradict the hate speech.

[Freddie Stubbs]

12. Hitler was probably too busy with Austria, Czechoslovakia, and Poland to appear at Columbia

[durrrty libby]

15. What about David Duke? Would he be welcomed?

[DBoon]

16. they damn well should have as well

How else would you be able to understand what fasism is all about?

Are we supposed to just listen to cardboard cut-out propaganda, and not hear and think about what really drives these ideologies?


And I'm sure if they had, local communists would have agitated against the speech, as was their right.

[Zandor]

18. Hitler was a mass murderer

Hold the sugar coating.

[BlooInBloo]

17. Your concern is noted.