Comments on: Levasseur sedition lecture cancelled by UMass officials is back on

By: House Hold Sensors

House Hold Sensors — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 08:47:16 +0000

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By: nathanforest

nathanforest — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:02:56 +0000

Then if this anti white hater is given the right to speak then so should the Honorable David Duke of t he National Association for the Advancement of White People.And Adolf Hitler and Yessar Arafat should not be considered murderers but patriots. Adolf Hitler love his German brothers and Sisters and the same for brother Arafat his love for his Arab Brothers and sisters. and the same should be for Hamas and the Ku Klux Klan for their love of there brothers and sisters. why is it only the jews and blacks can have heros that fight there cause and not considered nuts or terrorist but Christian Whites and Arab Moslems are painted as terrorist and nuts.

By: Tom

Tom — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 02:52:12 +0000

This guy is still on parole (22 years left) and lives in a halfway house in Maine.

The issue here is not his right to speak. No one is arguing that the be censored. The question is whether he should have been extended an invitation and a forum.

On that point, the UMass professors who re-invited him showed supreme insensitivity. Levasseur’s comment about his pal that killed the cop shows that he still has more sympathy for the criminal than the victim.

We shouldn’t forget that one of this guy’s bombing (of total strangers at a Boston courthouse) left a man without a leg. This was a group that ambushed two Massachusetts state troopers using machine guns (seen here: http://mysite.verizon.net/vzeopzls/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/FordLTD.jpg). We should remember his victims more than his supposed heroism. Some great pictures of the UFF’s reign of terror are below:

http://www.bostonherald.com/galleries/index.php?gallery_id=3169

http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local-beat/NYCs-Most-Prolific-Bomber-Disinvited-From-UMass-69333392.html

http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view/20091106radical_has_long_history_of_violence/

http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view.bg?articleid=1209976

By: Michael Foley

Michael Foley — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:38:26 +0000

The land of the enslaved and the home of the coward strikes again.

We already celebrate terrorists and seditionists. It’s called July 4th. I would love to attend the speech, but unfortunately, I have other things I need to attend to. Gods be with you, Mr. Levasseur.

By: Feline Rumpenstein

Feline Rumpenstein — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:16:16 +0000

I don’t think anyone wants to hear Ann Coulter speak, regardless of whether it’s a principle concerning the controversy of ideas. If I wanted to stare a gargoyle in the face for 90 minutes, I would take a trip to a French cathedral.

Ps: she’s also quite the science illiterate.

By: Bruce D.

Bruce D. — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:27:28 +0000

As an alumni, I have to wonder if this speaker’s sponsors would be as supportive of Ann Coulter, Karl Rove, or (heaven forbid) Sarah Palin as a speaker.

History has taught us that “Academic Freedom” tends to get applied very selectively.

I applaud the cancellation – but it is more than disappointing that administration and faculty resisted until now.

(PS – the governor is absolutely useless!!!)

By: Ed

Ed — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:56:15 +0000

I think Levasseur should have the same right of free speech that Andrew Card did when he spoke on this campus…

By: Kyle

Kyle — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:39:32 +0000

Levasseur should be allowed to speak….but large numbers of people should come and condemn him.

By: Kyle

Kyle — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:37:05 +0000

Actually this event is back on…Check out today’s Boston Herald. This article is pretty weak. Levasseur “a former member of the United Freedom Front” – he was the FOUNDING LEADER of the UFF. Also by discussing his ’89 sedition trial first in the article you marginalize his activities and the fact that he was CONVICTED for the actions of his group.

Levasseur says he felt terrible watching innocents get killed in Vietnam so he came back to the US and killed innocents??

Thursday night at UMass will be the show of all shows…Maybe the Collegian can start to get on this story and tell us where it will be and which professors invited this scumbag to come speak.

By: Mike S

Mike S — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:46:33 +0000

The right to free speech is not the same thing as the right to a forum. And am I correct in assuming that the professors claiming ‘Free Speech’ support the University’s speech code?