TO THE EDITOR:
The failure of University officials to restore order and allow former U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo's (R-Colo.) to proceed with his speech is a disgrace to anyone who cares about the constitution of the United States and to every tax paying citizen of this state.
Violent protests denying people the right to assemble peacefully and the right to freedom of speech are right out of the playbook of Adolph Hitler Chairman Mao etc. etc. ad nauseum.
The administration of UNC-Chapel Hill should never bow to these ill-disgusied" ""know-it-all"" thugs.
Mr. Tancredo's speech should have been heard if it took until 2 a.m. to restore order and proceed.
If UNC-system president Erskine Bowles and UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor Holden Thorp do not invite Mr. Tancredo back to Chapel Hill at his earliest convenience" they will be complicit in this crime against all who love freedom and the University.
And the perpetrators of this violent protest should be expelled from UNC after a fair hearing.
They have a right to pursue an education as they please but not at UNC where all who attend are supported by the taxpayers of this state.
Sam L. Howe
UNC ‘68
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