Lion Heart 15,041 Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 The six leading candidates for a vacant U.S. Senate seat in Louisiana are set to debate in front of an empty room Wednesday evening at Dillard University, a historically black college in New Orleans. David Duke, a former leader of the Ku Klux Klan and big Donald Trump supporter, just barely made the cut to qualify for the debate – polling just 0.1% above the required polling average. Even if you could get past the optics of a virulent racist and anti-Semite stepping foot on a historically black university campus, debate sponsor Raycom Media has taken the extraordinary step further, banning all students, media, and members of the public from the auditorium where the debate will be held. --- In an open letter, a group called Socially Engaged Dillard University Students said Duke’s presence on campus poses a safety risk to its students. “Everything David Duke promotes is an anathema to us, a Historically Black College & University,” the letter reads. “Instead of denying the presence of this terrorist onto our campus, our school’s president has assured his safety by Dillard University armed police, against us, the Dillard University student body.” Fusion journalists also captured video of the protests as they unfolded, with students chanting, “No Duke, no KKK, no fascist USA.” A freshman student told local news station WDSU that she planed on protesting Duke’s appearance, saying, “I don’t understand why they are providing a venue for someone who is associated with a past like that.” Video in link: http://fusion.net/story/365443/david-duke-louisiana-senate-debate/ ▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morphine Prince 109,998 Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 People like him deserve the worst. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bebe 17,289 Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 Uugh, I'm so split on this. Of course it deplorable that David Duke gets a platform, but he made the cut to qualify. Maybe it's better to acknowledge, address and counter his racism in a forum like this rather than pushing him more underground where he can continue to disseminate his racist views and lies unchallenged. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goosey 3,017 Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 1 hour ago, Lion Heart said: In an open letter, a group called Socially Engaged Dillard University Students said Duke’s presence on campus poses a safety risk to its students. Lmao. "I am the world's greatest person that does not want to let people into the country."—US President Donald J. Trump Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xoxo cupcakke 4,781 Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 1 minute ago, Goosey said: Lmao. Um... why are you laughing? This isn't a laughing matter Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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