What are they teaching kids at Columbia?

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/02/20/wounded-iraq-vet-gets-heckled-columbia-university-speech/

Tragic that Auburn can no longer toilet paper its favorite trees, but these NYC students refuse to let tradition die.

 

Consider the source = no credibility.

 

Audio here.

http://spectrum.columbiaspectator.com/spectrum/task-force-releases-audio-of

Was there a bit of jeering? Yeah. Should there have been? In a perfect world, no, as at these events people should be able to speak their mind freely without being heckled.

Was it some outrageous event where he was yelled off the stage? No. And he handled himself very well after the brief remarks from the crowd and overall presented his opinion perfectly. And, at the end of his talk, he gets a big round of applause. So I think the kids are still being taught all right at Columbia and, shockingly, the New York Post - where the story first came from - may have exaggerated just a tad.

 

It's disgraceful.

 

I could never bring myself to boo someone who has been risking his life fighting for our country.

 

Everyone who's shocked Mizzou has a strong opinion without listening to the audio, raise your hand.

 

It was a meeting about a military ban on campus. Obviously there were going to be students there strongly opposed to the military. He was well aware when he walked into the building that he was walking in as a symbol of the military. Nothing much to see here but the First Amendment in all of its glory. I respect both sides.

 

Bottom line, any "news" originating from any orifice of the Faux Fascist Noise empire can be preemptively presumed to be bullshit.

 

They were risking their life all right, but not for our country.

 

It cheapens what they were fighting for if we can't debate political issues vehemently.

 

And there's the issue. Sounds like some of their respect was left in the dorms.

 

A good analogy would be the health care Town Hall meetings.

As there, the lack of civility is my biggest issue. But those were adults. When you've got a bunch of college kids in a room debating a flammable issue, you've got to anticipate a little bit of this. They'll learn. And they'll channel their rage more appropriately. But at least they care about something.