I chose to look at the Tallahassee Democrat.
Today’s top stories are:
1. 'Overwhelming support' has poured in to help FAMU's Marching 100 get to D.C.
2. FSU loses to Duke in the half that counts
The story I chose to write about was:
Protests planned for Ayers' talk Monday night at FSU
Author: Doug Blackburn
http://tallahassee.com/article/20090111/BREAKINGNEWS/90111009
I chose this story because I am attending William Ayers' talk on Monday night. I honestly think that the responses to William Ayers’ talk at Florida State are a bit ridiculous. It is very close-minded to try and prevent people from sharing their beliefs and viewpoints. What ever happened to freedom of speech?
“Members of the student organization College Republicans also are worked up. John Formella, chairman of the group, said he expects at least two dozen students armed with protest signs to be at Ayers’ talk at Oglesby Student Union.”
Seriously?! Are you kidding me?! If the College Republicans brought in Dick Cheney, who SHOT his friend, they would most likely be APPALLED if students protested. The double standard is ridiculous.
People fret because he led a terrorist group called Weatherman and bombed the Pentagon in 1972. But if my father, who WORKS at the Pentagon, could care less that I am going to his talk, everyone needs to calm down.
I understand that the bombings he organized were horrible, but if the University of Illinois-Chicago would let him teach at their school, even give him tenure, I believe he is a changed man.
““We knew there would be some controversy,” Findley said, “but nowhere near the extent we’ve seen. We never expected people in Boosters to threaten to withhold money.””
As of right now, I think the people in Boosters are ridiculous. It is an educational presentation. Now if a student group brought in the Al-Qaeda to speak, I would understand their withholding of money.
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/tny/2008/11/mr-ayerss-neighborhood.html
Again, David Remnick shows that people are extremely rude. If you completely messed up in your past, would you wish to be forgiven? Well, Senator Palin does not think that Mr. Ayers deserves that option. She called Obama out on living in the same neighborhood at William Ayers, saying that he was “romping with terrorists”. William Ayers never killed anyone, he destroyed a lot of things, but not people. Three of his friends actually died making some of the bombs. What bothers me is that these bombings were in retaliation of the Vietnam War in which thousands of people were dying a day, but they called him the terrorist.
http://www.usnews.com/blogs/barone/2008/8/22/obama-needs-to-explain-his-ties-to-william-ayers.html
Come on! People need to get over the fact that Obama once knew William Ayers. If you went to high school with someone who ended up being a serial killer, would people condemn you? If your next door neighbor ended up being a pedophile would people accuse you of being a pedophile as well? I think not. These people need to grow up.
Today’s top stories are:
1. 'Overwhelming support' has poured in to help FAMU's Marching 100 get to D.C.
2. FSU loses to Duke in the half that counts
The story I chose to write about was:
Protests planned for Ayers' talk Monday night at FSU
Author: Doug Blackburn
http://tallahassee.com/article/20090111/BREAKINGNEWS/90111009
I chose this story because I am attending William Ayers' talk on Monday night. I honestly think that the responses to William Ayers’ talk at Florida State are a bit ridiculous. It is very close-minded to try and prevent people from sharing their beliefs and viewpoints. What ever happened to freedom of speech?
“Members of the student organization College Republicans also are worked up. John Formella, chairman of the group, said he expects at least two dozen students armed with protest signs to be at Ayers’ talk at Oglesby Student Union.”
Seriously?! Are you kidding me?! If the College Republicans brought in Dick Cheney, who SHOT his friend, they would most likely be APPALLED if students protested. The double standard is ridiculous.
People fret because he led a terrorist group called Weatherman and bombed the Pentagon in 1972. But if my father, who WORKS at the Pentagon, could care less that I am going to his talk, everyone needs to calm down.
I understand that the bombings he organized were horrible, but if the University of Illinois-Chicago would let him teach at their school, even give him tenure, I believe he is a changed man.
““We knew there would be some controversy,” Findley said, “but nowhere near the extent we’ve seen. We never expected people in Boosters to threaten to withhold money.””
As of right now, I think the people in Boosters are ridiculous. It is an educational presentation. Now if a student group brought in the Al-Qaeda to speak, I would understand their withholding of money.
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/tny/2008/11/mr-ayerss-neighborhood.html
Again, David Remnick shows that people are extremely rude. If you completely messed up in your past, would you wish to be forgiven? Well, Senator Palin does not think that Mr. Ayers deserves that option. She called Obama out on living in the same neighborhood at William Ayers, saying that he was “romping with terrorists”. William Ayers never killed anyone, he destroyed a lot of things, but not people. Three of his friends actually died making some of the bombs. What bothers me is that these bombings were in retaliation of the Vietnam War in which thousands of people were dying a day, but they called him the terrorist.
http://www.usnews.com/blogs/barone/2008/8/22/obama-needs-to-explain-his-ties-to-william-ayers.html
Come on! People need to get over the fact that Obama once knew William Ayers. If you went to high school with someone who ended up being a serial killer, would people condemn you? If your next door neighbor ended up being a pedophile would people accuse you of being a pedophile as well? I think not. These people need to grow up.
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I agree that he is most likely not a violent man today and I can understand where you’re coming from when you say it’s ridiculous that the booster’s are withholding money. But you have to understand the society we live in today, today if you’re anybody worth talking about your entire character is determined by what you did in the past. I mean look at the media, for example, every presidential candidate that ran for president had their entire past dug up and made public. And I agree he has the right to be here and talk through the freedom of speech, but then again those protestors also have the right to protest his appearance here. Even though you and I don’t agree with the protests, these people strongly believe in what they’re protesting.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with you on the last point you made about knowing someone who turned out to be a bad person, or even making a mistake in your past. I made a huge mistake and I am changed, i feel like if I was to be punished for the mistake i made three years ago i would be pissed. People can change. They can change completely! I dont know a lot about this man you are talking about but from what you say about how he holds a job at a university I would say that he has changed, if they are willing to let it go then we should be willing to let it go. No one was hurt by his terrorism, as much as that sucks to say, so they should believe he was doing it for the good of our country. Good Blog..very intriguing.
ReplyDeleteI'm gonna try and be mature and calm about my response to this but i'm kind of upset that SGA is paying a terrorist to give a talk at our school. It would be one thing if he ever showed remorse for what he did or if he ever asked for forgivness but he didn't. As far as him teaching in chicago its called the windy city for a reason. and please don't compare ayers and cheney are you really going to compare a vice president of the united states of america to a domestic terrorist? i dont care if your a republican or a democrat thats disrespectful. i dont really care that obama knew him and i don't care if people voice their oppinons. But SGA shouldn't be giving money yo him to talk on this campus. just my opinion
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