Leftist Goons Interrupt Karl Rove Speech at University of Texas (Video)
Posted by Jim Hoft on Wednesday, April 21, 2010, 4:54 AM
Karl Rove was interrupted by a bearded hippie leftist at the University of Texas last night.
The leftist goon stood up and screamed for two minutes before he was escorted from the venue.
Via HotAirPundit:
Of course, the state-run media feels there is nothing wrong with this. It’s only their free speech they care about. Most Americans don’t realize that conservative speakers are harassed by the radical left whenever they speak on a university campus. The state-run media wants you to believe that only the conservative grandmothers with limited government signs are the radical ones.
A rainbow of leftist goons met Rove at his speech. Nine people were escorted away during his talk.
The Daily Texas reported:
Protesters from women’s peace organization Code Pink; grassroots justice group We Are Change; and UT Chicano civil rights group MEChA lined the back of the room with signs accusing Rove of war crimes, and many individuals in the audience yelled comments and insults at Rove throughout the course of the evening.
During the first moments of Rove’s speech, one citizen stood from the audience and hurled an extended diatribe at the stage accusing Rove of war crimes and treason. Some applauded while others in the crowd stood and yelled their disapproval of the protestor. After an administrator offered three verbal warnings from the stage, University of Texas Police Department officials escorted him out.
A total of nine protestors were removed from the ballroom. Two were arrested, and seven were cited for criminal trespassing, UTPD spokeswoman Rhonda Weldon said.
“We are firm believers in free speech, but it cannot disrupt other people’s free speech,” UTPD Chief Robert Dahlstrom said.
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NeoKong commented:
When Tea Partiers challenge a Congressman at a hometown meeting the media reacts as if the man’s life was in danger but with Rove you know they love it because they hate him. I guess the word “fringe ” only applies to one group.
John C. commented:
That’s what we need in these situations – police to restore order. Good job!
Bill Mitchell commented:
Whenever someone criticizes me unfairly, I use this simple argument with them and it always shuts them up.
“I only take advice from people I want to be like. If I listen to you I risk becoming like you and I can’t take that chance.”
Rove should have used this with this guy:
“Folks, we should only take advice from people who we wish to become like. Everyone here that wants their lives to be just like this guy, please listen to what he has to say…”
Roger commented:
I would yell “Get a job” to the hippie. But I forgot, there are no jobs to get.
bertogem commented:
Virtually no university (certainly no state university) could function in anywhere near its present form without massive infusion of government funding (i.e., our tax dollars), whether it be in the form of government grants or government subsidized loans. Thin about it: these leftist institutions are in direct contradiction to the concept of limited government. Time to pull the plug.
Poor Richard commented:
UT’s student newspaper is “The Daily Texan.”
Mats commented:
Public school education. I am sure he thinks that Hitler was a right winger too. Nevermind that part that reads “National SOCIALIST”.
daryl commented:
#5
“But I forgot, there are no jobs to get.”
Sure there is. That guy (who was ‘escorted’ out) was probably working overtime, for obama’s temps service[goon squads r us], a subsidiary of seiu.
Recession proof, high paying positions in meeting disruptions, skull bashing and leg breaking.
MadMike commented:
NeoKong, there’s a difference here. Congressmen work for us the taxpayers and the hometown meetings are a forum provided to allow the public to express its views and concerns.
This speech, and others like it, are not the same type of forum. If the speaker, or the host, wishes to allow a Q&A at the end of the talk that’s their prerogative. Interrupting a speaker in the manner these individuals did is childish and disrespectful. If these individuals don’t like the speaker they don’t have to attend the speech. If they wish to question or refute the speaker they can protest outside the facility or in many cases bring up their points after the speech.
SeniorTexan commented:
#9
“…probably working overtime, for obama’s temps service…”
Actually he is a decorated US Marine Corps Veteran who is presently a full time student.
#10
“If they wish to question or refute the speaker they can protest outside the facility or in many cases bring up their points after the speech.”
I completely agree and am not making any excuses for the student’s behavior. His actions were completely out of line.
I’m not voicing agreement with his viewpoints or approval of his actions. I merely wanted to set one point straight: he is no “leftist”.
newton commented:
And yet, they call Tea Partiers “prone to violence”…
Jean commented:
NeoKong
April 21st, 2010 | 5:27 am | #1
When Tea Partiers challenge a Congressman at a hometown meeting the media reacts as if the man’s life was in danger but with Rove you know they love it because they hate him. I guess the word “fringe ” only applies to one group.
Yeah…The Left…
wanumba commented:
The lawyers are all over McDonalds for hot coffee, delivering C (cash) -sections to obstetricians, climbing up and down ladder manufacturers, but are NOWHERE for this sort of thing, even though universities have money.
ACLU will go to the mat for the NAZIs, but hellooo?
OregonGuy commented:
Heard on the Gibson show.
Go to Google, enter Goldman Sachs SEC.
Click on link on the top of the page “Help Change Wall Street.”
Every time you click, the Democrats get charged twenty bucks.
Cool, no?
.
Jon commented:
This guy, Aaron Dykes, did go about things the wrong way but he’s hardly a leftists. He’s just as critical of Obama and the left as a whole. I’d actually Aaron Dykes consider him to be centrist/center-right.
We all know that Karl Rove is hardly and angel. He does deserve criticism but i hope that it’s done in a much calmer fashion next time.
BTW, given what we’ve seen during the Bush years, Karl Rove is actually more leftist than right. He’s no ally of conservatives.
Opaobie commented:
SeniorTexan #12, Benedict Arnold and John FRAUD Kerry were also “decorated” military veterans, so what’s your point?
…I’m a real Texan, are you?….can you prove it?
Ken in Kansas commented:
Jon #17
Concern Troll.
Steve commented:
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR POSTING!
I used it on today’s CC blog post (with a Hat Tip of course)!
http://www.commoncts.blogspot.com
ps. Link Exchange??
Opaobie commented:
“Aaron Dykes
Cinematographer: TerrorStorm: A History of Government-Sponsored Terrorism.”
…is this the guy you say is “centrist/center-right”?
Militant Conservative commented:
SeniorTexan
April 21st, 2010 | 8:25 am | #12
Austin is known to be the liberal bastion in Texas.
At least they keep most of the fruited nuts and rope smokers there. Many are young skulls full o mush and have not entered the real world. As for a decorated Marine. Prove it. Betcha he is an ex-marine just like Murtha said he was. No true marine would be such a douche. powder is dry.
clyde commented:
many people claim veteran status but will not verify it because they can not.here we do not even have a first person defense.
SeniorTexan commented:
There may be some confusion here. I was not commenting about Aaron Dykes. I know nothing about him. I do know the bearded student who was arrested in the video above and have spoken with him by phone following his release from jail.
I only posted to correct a small factual error. He vehemently opposes the left and does not work for the democrat party.
I’m not quite sure why stating facts should generate personal attacks.
Scott Wiggins commented:
Not surprising…I was in Austin recently, it is full of zombie students, bums and drug addicts…You can’t walk down sixth street without bums hitting on you on every corner…Liberal bastion equal brain-dead government dependants as usual…I know there are a lot of good students there but unfortunately the administration of the city and University are letting the low-lifes tarnish their image…
SeniorTexan commented:
#25 Scott,
Very well said…. Those are my EXACT impressions from the last time I was in Austin (2007). I have nothing to add.