by matttbastard
Even before she opened her mouth for the first of three speeches this week on Canadian soil, American right-wing antagonist Ann Coulter had already scored a victory of sorts.
Coulter, who spoke to an audience of about 800 at the University of Western Ontario on Monday night, received a pre-emptive and private caution about the limits of free speech in Canada from the provost of the University of Ottawa, where she appears Tuesday.
The letter was immediately leaked to select conservative news organizations, with Coulter telling one that the university was “threatening to criminally prosecute me for my speech.”
For a strident provocateur who’s speaking on “Political Correctness, Media Bias and Freedom of Speech,” the University of Ottawa warning — however tepid — was pure oxygen for the fire.
Coulter seizes the obvious talking point (gleefully solicited by the groupies at NewsMax):
“The provost of the u. of Ottawa is threatening to criminally prosecute me for my speech there on Monday — before I’ve even set foot in the country!”
Look, it’s bad enough that three Canadian campuses (including one in my hometown) have afforded a vile bigot like Coulter a stage to perform her trademark powersuit-wingnut vaudeville routine. But are they also contractually obligated to serve her up a heaping bloody plate of steak tar tar on a goddamn silver platter?
Seriously, way to feed the fucking troll, kids.
bastard.logic 
Coulter would have found something to complain about no matter what.
Hey, Canada, wanna keep her?
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I don’t think you are right. It just reminded all of us of George Galloway and made us wonder if we really are living in a totalitarian country where the government decides who we should hear.
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S. Seriously? A totalitarian state? Have you heard of Iran? Have you heard of North Korea? Have you heard of Venezuela?
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