What counts as the Berkeley students being anti-free speech?

Protesting is clearly not anti-free speech. Protesting is in and of itself a very strong form of free speech. This includes making chants even if they are stupid. Free speech protects more than logically argued essays. Thus this act (the protesting and chanting) can't be anti-free speech because it is speech itself.

Some things clearly are anti-free speech and are not acceptable. Using violence to stop free speech. The government preventing a speaker from speaking are two clear examples.

I didn't watch the hours worth of feeds last night. What was it more of? Was it stupid college students exercising their free speech rights to protest another stupid speaker? Or was it stupid college kids using violence to prevent someone from speaking? Was it the government stopping someone from speaking? If so, whom?

From the articles I have read, it seems to have been a success for the First Amendment last night. Both groups were able to exercise their rights and get their points across.

(In response to this post by hoodeyo)

Posted: 09/15/2017 at 07:17AM

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Holy cow, live feed from Shapiro protest. -- hoodeyo 09/15/2017 12:06AM

All reports saying pretty peaceful. Some arrests, but -- 111Balz 09/15/2017 07:32AM

I honestly think that some people on this board are disappointed. -- Hoepner 09/15/2017 07:53AM

They weren't protesting specifically against free speech? -- hoothat 09/15/2017 8:06PM

Turns out all the pearl-clutching was for nothing this time. SAD! ** -- VAGentleman05 09/15/2017 08:01AM

I would guess this is because the cops were allowed to do their jobs -- HoosGuy 09/15/2017 08:08AM

I think Shapiro/organizers had to put up a lot of security $. ** -- hoodeyo 09/15/2017 2:51PM

LOL, or just that a lot fewer people fed the troll this time. -- WahooRQ 09/15/2017 08:32AM

Possibly, but the images I saw showed a fairly sizeable crowd -- HoosGuy 09/15/2017 08:54AM

I'm sure they learned from experience and don't disagree with you entirely. -- WahooRQ 09/15/2017 09:22AM

Hard to argue with that ** -- HoosGuy 09/15/2017 09:44AM

"allowed"? Do you think the police were ordered -- 111Balz 09/15/2017 08:26AM

I will intervene here. McAuliffe and Signer. -- jdubforwahoowa 09/15/2017 2:56PM

Yeah, the guy not even allowed into the command center. Who does -- 111Balz 09/16/2017 07:33AM

I'm referring to Berkeley. ** -- HoosGuy 09/15/2017 08:34AM

Sorry, I wasn't aware of any stand down orders there, so i assumed youq -- 111Balz 09/15/2017 09:51AM

No worries Balz. Think RQ summarized Cville well a couple posts up ** -- HoosGuy 09/15/2017 09:54AM

Ben and Milo deserve each other. -- Shenhoo 09/15/2017 07:57AM

You haven't seen those boisterous W&M protests? -- JMHoo 09/15/2017 07:29AM

What counts as the Berkeley students being anti-free speech? -- Hoepner 09/15/2017 07:17AM

I think it was a success no violence at the speech about no political -- hoodeyo 09/15/2017 2:54PM

Wow...the Berkeley Antifa is anti-Semitic...that is an interesting irony ** -- Tuckahokie 09/15/2017 06:26AM

Lol, some speaker just said Shapiro "terrorized" her by speaking ** -- hoothat 09/15/2017 12:15AM

Did you see the guy drinking and heckling the Antifa shushing him? -- hoodeyo 09/15/2017 12:18AM

People are also mentioning monetary rewards for the emotional trauma -- hoodeyo 09/15/2017 12:20AM

I missed this. This sounds awesome. ** -- Hokieesith 09/15/2017 07:46AM

Police have now "kidnapped" protesters. Yep. ** -- hoothat 09/15/2017 01:19AM

Quite a few on the feeds were anti free speech and were proud of it. -- hoothat 09/15/2017 12:59AM

Hoodeyo, check this out -- hoothat 09/15/2017 12:08AM

Hear's the Daily Wire news feed -- hoodeyo 09/15/2017 12:42AM