Chaos at Columbia

Last Tuesday, I received an email from the NYU College Repulicans that invited us to go to a speech at Columbia:

"3. Columbia has invited us to the event below. There will be a huge
protest so it would be nice to have a strong showing. E-mail me your name
by 9am tomorrow if you want to go.
Columbia students host The Minutemen and founder, Jim Gilchrist, for
their pre-election forum: “Defending America’s Borders”"

I didn't go, and it seems I missed a national event! If you haven't heard, protesters (supposedly from a socialist organization) crashed the speech and knocked over the guest speaker. You can read about the event at FoxNews.



I'm not sure what I think of the Minuteman Project. Honestly, I didn't read the email from the NYU CRs until after the event took place. So perhaps the chaos was good for them to get publicity. Still, shouldn't they be allowed to express their views? What happened to free speech? I never heard of the Minutemen until after this incident. Apparently, they self-patrol the Mexican border with guns. I'm not sure if I agree with that either though.

New York really is an interesting place to live!