Coulter’s People Brought On the Cancellation
| 3/25/2010 | Posted by Patti under Canadian News, Canadian Politics |
Ann Coulter, a self-proclaimed Conservative bigot, ran from her speaking engagement at the University of Ottawa on Tuesday evening. She didn’t physically run, she just threw in the metaphorical white towel.
While initial reports claimed the police and the University were the cause of the event being cancelled, it is looking more and more like Coulter’s own people threw in the towel.
I’m saying she’s ‘self-proclaimed’ as Conservative mainly because I can’t imagine any true conservative with a brain in their head wanting her held up as an example of conservative thinking on either side of the border. If she truly is an example of conservative thinking, I am understanding more and more why Canadians wont allow Harper a majority government.
The more I’ve read about this incident the more I believe this whole thing is a publicity stunt for a two bit red-neck hack who brings new meaning to ‘dumb blonde’. Prior to her scheduled visit to the University she received an email from the vice-president of the university cautioning her to be aware of Canadian hate laws which differ from laws in the USA.
Given Coulter’s reputation and history, his caution wasn’t really uncalled for. Coulter’s a foreign national, it would have been inhospitable not to have given her a heads up. While potentially true, using even the veiled threat of criminal prosecution wasn’t really wise. Telling someone local laws warrant review and caution sends the message that violating the law has consequences, that didn’t need to be spelled out.
Had organizers of the event been more focused on the speaking engagement taking place and less on capitalizing on the controversy, the event would have gone ahead. Police called to the scene had a duty to call in enough support to get the crowd under control.
While Coulter is claiming “the auditorium was surrounded by thousands of rioting liberals — screaming, blocking the entrance, throwing tables, demanding that my books be burned, and finally setting off the fire alarm” the reality is that the crowd included those who had turned up to hear her and posed no threat at all.
Journalists at the scene report no more than a few dozen were actually protesters. The bigger concern was that more people had showed up trying to get into the hall than the hall would hold, the venue should have been larger.
Coulter also claims elected officials were banned from attending her speech. Pony up there girl.. what elected officials and by who? Speaking of elected officials, now if she really wants to slam a lack of freedom of speech in this country, she doesn’t need to go farther than Conservative Prime Minister Harper… never have we had a government more prone to the stifling of free speech than his.
So, since Coulter claims to be a conservative, she should have some common ground to have at it with Harper. She could get lots of real publicity by taking him to task for his stifling of free speech since he’s been in power. She wouldn’t even have to make up lies to get it.
Word to the wise though, Jason Kenny would likely find a way to get her frog marched back across the border if she tried it.
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