Apr 27 2010
Tancredo Emerges from UNC Alive
At least 100 protesters walked out on former congressman Tom Tancredo as he spoke on the values of Western culture at UNC-Chapel Hill tonight.
The group stood in unison, yelling, “No human is illegal,” before moving outside the Student Union and into the Pit, a tradition spot on campus for speaking out on issues.
As the demonstrators filed out of the union auditorium tonight, Tancredo said fear of debate was driving them away.
“No one here is afraid of you,” one yelled. But most were silent.
Of about 100 left behind, most shared Tancredo’s perspective. But when he suggested that conservative student activists never behave as badly as those who broke a window and disrupted his speech last spring, another protester shouted, “No, you lynched people.”
“I’m glad that they showed what they really do believe in, and that’s censorship,” Tancredo went on.
