Wednesday, May 04, 2005
UT English Department Student Arrested at Ann Coulter "Lecture
Cross-posted from my personal weblog. I usually try not to use this or my course pages to comment on political issues and events but because this involved an undergraduate from the English department, I figure I can make an exception. From the first-hand accounts I've read at The Burnt Orange Report, this kid was acting like an a**hole. Be that as it may, did he really deserve to be arrested?
From The Daily Texan:
Incessant heckling and shouting culminated in an arrest Tuesday night during a speech by Ann Coulter, an extreme right-wing pundit, at the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum.
Shouts became so pervasive during the question-and-answer session that Coulter informed the organizers she would no longer take questions if the hecklers were not silenced. For a time, the shouts were considerably lessened, until the issue of gay marriage was broached.
Coulter said she supported the definition of marriage as between a man and a woman on the basis that a good woman civilizes and inspires a man to strive for something better, leading to a question that was met with a stunned silence.
"You say that you believe in the sanctity of marriage," said Ajai Raj, an English sophomore. "How do you feel about marriages where the man does nothing but fuck his wife up the ass?
Sounds to me like this kid try to beat Ann Coulter at her own game and lost.
Burnt Orange Report: Student Arrested At Coulter Speech"
The Daily Texan: Arrest made at Coulter speech.
The Smoking Gun: Another Counter-Coulter Bust - May 4, 2005 ¶ 2:30 PM
From The Daily Texan:
Incessant heckling and shouting culminated in an arrest Tuesday night during a speech by Ann Coulter, an extreme right-wing pundit, at the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum.
Shouts became so pervasive during the question-and-answer session that Coulter informed the organizers she would no longer take questions if the hecklers were not silenced. For a time, the shouts were considerably lessened, until the issue of gay marriage was broached.
Coulter said she supported the definition of marriage as between a man and a woman on the basis that a good woman civilizes and inspires a man to strive for something better, leading to a question that was met with a stunned silence.
"You say that you believe in the sanctity of marriage," said Ajai Raj, an English sophomore. "How do you feel about marriages where the man does nothing but fuck his wife up the ass?
Sounds to me like this kid try to beat Ann Coulter at her own game and lost.
Burnt Orange Report: Student Arrested At Coulter Speech"
The Daily Texan: Arrest made at Coulter speech.
The Smoking Gun: Another Counter-Coulter Bust - May 4, 2005 ¶ 2:30 PM
