Tonight, at a public university in my state (Wisconsin), Ward Churchill is going to speak. He's the Colorado U prof who compared the victims of 9/11 to the Nazis because many of those who died work in the financial services biz. He thinks those folks are responsible for evil in the world. He also actively advocates violence against Americans, etc in order to end capitilism. His speech is very controversial here.
I think he should be allowed to speak but not at anybody's expense, including the taxpayers. Many are defending the speech saying that if nobody pays the speech won't be heard. My question: since when did "free speech" require payment? Its one thing to be a maggot infested, spoiled, liberal standing on a street corner in a university town spewing garbage, but quite another to have students or taxpayers pay your airfare, hotel, meals, and a fee to hear you.
I think one has a right to speak but that there is no right to be heard. What say you?