At Columbia, we hate free speech. We hate it so much that we invite dictators, agitators, and even reality TV stars to speak to us. We hate free speech so much that we hold multiple three-hour complain-fests every time an even remotely controversial decision has to be made. And when that's not enough, some of us go door-to-door to hear even more free speech.
As you may know, the College Republicans are thinking about inviting Jim Gilchrist, founder of the Minuteman Project, to speak at Columbia. Not because they agree with his views, but to protest the unbelievably anti-free speech environment that exists here at Columbia (outlined above). To clamp down on any possible free exchange of ideas or expression, Spec has only published two news articles and a blog post about this possibly-upcoming event that currently only exists in the minds of the College Republicans.
Gilchrist, apparently not understanding that we are uninterested in free expression, took some time to respond to these articles in the comments section (a part of our site that we must have forgotten to get rid of when we decided that free speech is lame). Unfortunately, the blog post and the news articles have receded from view as other, non-Jim Gilchrist news has happened. So, because we hate free speech so much, we're republishing all of his comments here so that everyone can see them (warning: they're quite long). But remember: to respond would be a violation of the secret anti-free speech pledge you all signed at NSOP.
