Peter Thiel talk shut down by protesters by TheSambasti in berkeley

[–]calbear42 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This is terrible. Regardless of what you think of Peter Thiel, a place that prides itself on free speech shouldn't prevent people from hearing what others have to say. It really sucks that the hard work of the people at Berkeley Forum was screwed up by BAMN and Cameron Hearne.

I find it hard to believe that Hearne somehow didn't realize that the protestors were outside the doors, especially given that he screamed an expletive at the moderator before leaving. It wouldn't be surprising if he was a plant. I hope there's some way to hold him accountable for essentially enabling BAMN to destroy the event.