The Irony of Free Speech

Andrew Walden on David Horowitz's speech at UH-Manoa

http://www.hawaiireporter.com/story.aspx?084eaa86-eda8-473c-9dc2-d7c9ec98f6a1

Many of the same campus leftists who had so urgently proclaimed the importance of defending Churchill's right to call some of the 3,000 murdered on 9-11 "Little Eichmanns" came to the Horowitz' event armed with signs reading "No free speech for fascists."

Several attempted to shout down Horowitz' presentation, but were themselves shouted down by an audience determined to hear what Horowitz had to say without interruption.

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In spite of this, Horowitz, described the event as "better than expected" and gave credit to those in the audience who stood up to the "politically correct" would-be censors.

Free speech for Al Quaida sympathizers (ie Ward Churchill) but not for U.S. military sympathizer (ie David Horowitz)?T

hat shows the true face of the Radical Left