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[Aaron Kulkis]

Ingles, Raymond wrote:
>> From: Aaron Kulkis
>> Ingles, Raymond wrote:
>>     
>>>> From: Aaron Kulkis
>>>>         
>>>> It wasn't the Republicans who invented this Orwellian idea....
>>>> They started in large (democratic party run) cities, to marginalize 
>>>> counter-protesters who disagree with the elites' agenda.
>>>>         
>>>  Well, according to here:
>>>
>>>  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_speech_zones
>>>
>>>  "Many colleges and universities earlier instituted free 
>>> speech zone rules during the Vietnam-era protests of the 1960s and 1970s"
>>>       
>> Some students actually wanted to go to class and get an education.
>>     
>
>  Ah, I see. The "elites" you were referring to were the ones in favor of a
> war, and they didn't want to hear anything from left-leaning protestors who
> didn't like it. I can see how that is, like you claimed, *precisely the
> ironic opposite* of the situation *today*.
>

When I was at Purdue, for example, there was no war, but protesting
was strictly limited to large open areas on the campus, such that the
presence of protesters would not block the path of those who wished
to simply go about their business.

>  You made a claim about the origins of the practice of "free speech zones",
> and when it was pointed out that the claim was false... you shifted to
> *justifying* the practice without actually acknowledging that your orignal
> claim was incorrect.
You want to talk about Slavery, Jim Crow laws, and the Democratic Party,
or would you prefer to stick with people who are actually.