Free Speech?

Welcome to America, land of the frivilous lawsuits! Since when does free speech aplly to private locations? Free speech means I can (within the law) say anything I want but when on somebody elses property I must abide by their rules.

Ah, yes, this is all to b-slap Richard Cheney, that's all. Cheney is Alumni, and the libs would love nothing better than to give him a black eye. 'Controversial' should be replaced with Terrorist, because that is what this man is. I used to work at the University, and I can tell you that, like all Universities, it has a lefty slant. Let him give his speech at the Civic Center, a run down old building in the middle of town. That's where this scum belongs. A lot of ranchers send their kids to the University, and I can tell you that they bombarded the President with protests, lol. The ranchers have money, and a lot of them leave money to the university in their wills. And I can also tell you that the Univesity does not have the funds for their cops to work overtime to help with security if there are protests of any kind. This Meg Lanker know doubt is a law student, and probably belongs to MoveOn.org. I wouldn't be surprised a bit. So if the libs win they will be squeeing like five year old girls and peeing their pants, that's all. What's amusing to me is that Obama hasn't set foot in Wyoming, and probably never will. We're just fly over country to these people. That's why I know it's to anger Richard Cheney and his family.

College is suppose to be a place were ideas are exchanged and debated. I do not agree with Mr. Ayers but for what ever reason students at this university want to listen to his lecture. If Ayers wants to make his speech so much in the state of Wyoming, why I cannot figure out, then go for it use the Laramie Civic Center and don't mess with the lawsuit.

Payment is how colleges get most speakers to come, so if they invited him, he should have been allowed to speak, & he should be paid if he did. No-one's forced to listen to him, after all. I wouldn't listen to the guy, as I don't like the things he says, but hey--free speech, y'know? So the answer is yes: righteous lawsuit. What's right for Ann Coulter is right for Ayers. Maggiepie POST THAT TOPIC THAT WON'T FIT ANYWHERE ELSE IN Open Mike!

The Administration at the University of Wyoming has the right to decide who does and does not use their facilities for speaking engagements. These are not public buildings and it has nothing to do with free speech in my opinion. Ayers can still speak all he wants and, in fact, has found another venue according to the article, but he does not have the right to force the university...or you...or me...to allow him to do so on their/your/my property.

laglen, to coin a phrase, Bill Ayers should be "banned from life" or FOR LIFE from speaking anywhere. He and his lovely wife should be in jail at the very least. What do you mean "former radical"? He shows no remorse for his actions. He is responsible for so much of the educational dumbing -down of our students and filling them with stupid, radical ideas; especially the "Berkeley" syndrome. He should never be allowed to teach unsuspecting students anything, anywhere. While people who care for truth and justice, like Geert Wilders, many conservatives, etc. are banned from speaking or attacked on college campuses, slime like this, who have nothing to offer but garbage, claim "free speech". Scum like Ayers prey on the "natural" rebellion and questioning of young minds and fill them with gross lies and deception, totally antagonistic to real "thinking" and real answers that yield a mature mind and wisdom. I'm sure you know Ayers is in league with criminal Obama as well, and is touted with having written one of his dreadful books. Additional to this, his father, Tom Ayers, was on the board of General Dynamics, contracted to guard Obama's passport from ever being seen, and you must recall the "incident" and the resultant murder of Lt. Quarles Harris, Jr., who was going to testify in that passport fraud case for the government that Obama's showed him to be an illegal alien. So he was murdered in April, 2008. They really did a good job of "guarding" that passport; in fact they're also "guarding" the murder investigation as well. Not a clue or follow-up in sight. No word from the MSM as well, EH? Mmmm....... It remains pitiful that so many Americans have had their minds "bent" by such evil people. Scripture even mentions, in Proverbs, the harmful effect of rebellious teachers. Among other things, Ayers and cohorts have determined to cause the erosion of moral correctness and clarity, and replace it with political correctness, which not only begs the issue of free speech for those who don't kowtow, but keeps a young, impressionable mind totally clouded and foggy, focused on anything but truth and truth-seeking, not to mention just plain stupid and, finally, unable to discern truth of any kind, much less read, write, or spell. Pathetic, but dangerous, whiney, complaining liberal radicals, without a brain or a conscience among them, truly believe that "free speech" is a right reserved only for them, but, as you can see from the devastation of our once free country courtesy Obama, not only the right to free speech, but every God and Constitution given right we had is being removed, and, perhaps through his deathcare, unto our very lives. Anyone remember "Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness"? Our God and Creator gave us life and liberty and the free will and ability to pursue them; our Constitution, based on God's design, was written to ensure and protect these God-given rights. Obama's arrogance, tyranny, and criminal activity as he excretes on our Constitution and us, should sound and SHOUT a loud warning and alarm, but, too many have been left blind, deaf, and dumb through the generational gift of "dumbness" accorded them by Ayers, Obama, and their criminal ilk.

If we didn't have free speech these dudes would be the frist ones they would closse down they don't realize that......Until people realize that they are a bunch of thugs and stop listening to them instead of going a long with the things they do then they will contintue getting by with this crap

IMO (Prof) Bill Ayers will probably have no problem winning the lawsuit. Obama will more than likely put in a good word for him. He already supported Prof Gates when he ran into a bit of trouble so why not help out his buddy Prof Ayers.