En_Sabah_Nur 9,366 Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 Richard Spencer speaks at Texas A&M, campus fills with protesters "COLLEGE STATION, Texas – The Texas A&M University community responded with protests and an event promoting unity to white nationalist Richard Spencer speaking on campus Tuesday night. The protests outside of the Memorial Student Center, where Spencer was speaking, were met by police in riot gear. One hundred yards away inside Kyle Field, the University sponsored an event promoting diversity called Aggies United. Texas A&M Student Body President Hannah Wimberly spoke at Aggies United, saying she would refuse to acknowledge Spencer by name as the reason for the event being organized. “What we will do is thank them for raising our consciousness towards the collective on our Texas A&M University campus,” Wimberly said. Spencer is credited with creating the term “alt-right” and was invited to speak on Texas A&M’s campus by former student Preston Wigington. Throughout Spencer’s speech inside the student center, he spoke on the need for the white race to regain control of America. “At the end of the day, America belongs to white men,” Spencer said during his speech. Spencer’s speech at the student center could not be cancelled because of the school’s status as a public university, Texas A&M officials said. Texas A&M President Michael Young denounced Spencer prior to him speaking. “Neighbors, friends, family, community, all gathered here tonight in Kyle Field – we’re all so beautifully different,” Young said while addressing the crowd at Aggies United. “Our differences make us more complete… As for me, I know of no god who sees us in races, and that’s wonderful because it makes us the same.” The protests next to Kyle Field drew people from universities across Texas, including UT-Austin, and lasted until at least 9:30 p.m. A 2016 UT School of Social Work graduate, who refused to provide her name, said she and a group of UT students drove to College Station to “smash fascism and ensure there is not platform for racists” on a Texas college campus. Other protesters who identified themselves as UT students refused an interview when approached by The Daily Texan staff. Next to the protest outside of the student center, about 10 people gathered in support of Spencer’s speech. Only one of them identified himself as a student. Joseph Brown, a self-described white nationalist from Plantersville, Texas who is not a Texas A&M student, said he believes the United States has declined during the past 20 years and blamed President Barack Obama’s policies for some of that decline. “I do believe whites are probably the most responsible group in the world to make this country great, and the more that diminishes, the worse the country is,” Brown said. “You have to have a really strong white population to keep this country great.” Protesters and supporters of Spencer clashed on several occasions, forcing police to intervene. At one point, protesters stormed the student center where Spencer was speaking before being forced out of the building by police in riot gear. Blake White, Texas A&M political science junior, attended Aggies United because he wanted to send a message against Spencer without being involved with the conflict seen at the protests. “Our university and the majority of our student body doesn’t represent what [Spencer] is here for,” White said. “Although I don’t share his same thoughts, he does have the ability to speak here, so I would rather show love here, and in some cases, protests can spew back, which is not what Aggies United or the university is about.” An hour after the protests ended, the Texas A&M community quietly gathered in the cold for Silver Taps, a 100-year tradition honoring students who lost their lives within the past month. “We’re still able to come together and honor the student that passed away even though we had just had these protests,” said Blair Evans, a Texas A&M animal science sophomore. “When it comes down to it, the person we’re standing for in Academic Plaza matters more to us than anything else.” SOURCE: https://www.dailytexanonline.com/2016/12/07/richard-spencer-speaks-at-texas-am-campus-fills-with-protesters Egypt. W Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaperIz 7,354 Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 Goodbye America! Wtf Human generated art Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naor Daniel 937 Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 He's sexy. Retarded though Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edonis 28,974 Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 2 minutes ago, Naor Daniel said: He's sexy. Retarded though So is that statement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
En_Sabah_Nur 9,366 Posted December 9, 2016 Author Share Posted December 9, 2016 2 minutes ago, Naor Daniel said: He's sexy. Retarded though Egypt. W Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edonis 28,974 Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 OT: not surprising since A&M is known to be a breeding ground for conservative thinkpieces that border on racist, hateful, bigots. And that's just the student body Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morphine Prince 109,891 Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 5 minutes ago, Edonis said: OT: not surprising since A&M is known to be a breeding ground for conservative thinkpieces that border on racist, hateful, bigots. And that's just the student body Although A&M has had racist incidents, it's worth noting many students were protesting. Riot police was even brought to the area. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edonis 28,974 Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 2 minutes ago, Morphine Prince said: Although A&M has had racist incidents, it's worth noting many students were protesting. Riot police was even brought to the area. True but the majority at A&M has alway brushed it aside. I should've added that it's surprising to see so many protest but some of them do attend the much more liberal UT Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baduizm 551 Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 Good for some of the more liberal students at A&M for not being afraid to stand up for what they believe in while they're surrounded by mostly very conservative peers... oh and hook em! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
uo111 5,283 Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 I cannot believe they let him speak. UT would never. They would need a lot more than riot police if they tried that **** here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LePetitGAGABLover 21,234 Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 I'm actually embarrassed to call myself human after watching this tbh Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ItsTommyBitch 12,640 Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 Wait, I thought Alt-Right was just a harmless name Mess 私自身もこの世の中も誰もかれもが, どんなに華やかな人生でも, どんなに悲惨な人生でも, いつかは変貌し, 破壊され、消滅してしまう. すべてがもともとこの世に存在しない一瞬の幻想なのだから Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bliaz 897 Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 And worse things will come... English isn’t my first language, so please excuse any mistakes Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fascination 1,130 Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 On 12/09/2016 at 5:03 AM, Naor Daniel said: He's sexy. Retarded though I'm sorry, I don't want to cause any drama right now but I would like to ask you not to refer white supremacists as retards. Let me get this straight, I do not agree with white supremacists at all and their view upon the world, however, I think that calling them dumb or retarded is a incorrect way. Retarded or retard are former medical terms to call someone with a extremely low intelligence score and the word is getting used more and more by teenagers and people in general to address a person where they don't agree with. So the next time when you don't agree with someone, please keep in mind that calling them retarded can be hurtful for people with an actual below average or low intelligence score. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeleteMyAccount 11,881 Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 If a black or Muslim person said the thinks that this asshole said but with "white" replaced.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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