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I thought it was great to see Coulter face such scathing criticism once she had to leave her comfortable little cubbyhole that is the USA. The fact is that it's really easy for most open-minded, educated, decent people to take exception with a lot of her past remarks. Accordingly, many people rallied together (peacefully) to show what they think of such rednecked bigotry. If I was in Ottawa I would have been there too.
How this is being viewed as a legitimate threat to free-speech in Canada baffles me. AoS already pointed out the lack of logistics that led to the failing of her UofO appearance. As far as I know she went on and did her speeches in Calgary and London as well... and what do you know, all that was done without anyone even attempting to charge under section 13!
The problem with all this is that racism, xenophobia, nazism, hate-thought, etc., are still very real and surprisingly well-organized than I think a lot of people realize in both Canada and America. I find it scary. So if people want to get together in a peaceful manner and offer up their thoughts on someone with a track record as vile as Coulter's, it's just alright with me.
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