"I want to make my intentions perfectly clear: I want Ann Coulter, the conservative firebrand and provocateur, to speak at UF. In fact, the event should be required for everyone to attend. If a student values his or her education, listening to Coulter speak is a must."
"To be fair, I do not support all of the ideas Coulter mentions in her book and I do not necessarily agree with her pugnacious approach to issues. But I do appreciate the fact that such a talented individual gave such a full-throated, passionate and unapologetic account of an extremely divisive stance on an extremely divisive issue. Such an account takes bravery, especially when our culture and media are so willing to haphazardly throw words like "nativist" and "racist" around."
"We need this voice on campus. We need this teachable moment. We need Ann Coulter to speak on campus. Our education depends on it."
Just a few days later (on Thursday, November 5, 2015, at 12:11am) Kevin Foster explained why Ann should not be allowed to speak. Foster lists three examples of Ann's "racism": the Jew tweet (not racist), the soccer article (not racist), and Ann recently saying that the increase in the mortality rate of poor white people was because of immigrants (not racist). Here is a quote:
"This is someone who does not need to be anywhere close to our campus. This is someone who profits on divisiveness and hate..."
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