UC Berkeley cancels right-wing provocateur’s talk amid violent protest

by   |  02.02.17  |  prior restraint

A protest at UC Berkeley over a scheduled appearance by right-wing provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos turned fiery and violent Wednesday night, prompting police to cancel the event and hustle the Breitbart News editor off campus.

Note this quote in the story. We’ll consider this argument in the next two weeks.

“The whole reason we’re here is for free speech,” Gow (a protester) said. “Milo’s hate speech is not allowed here. When it’s hate speech, our free speech is to shut him down.”

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