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De-transitioned activist Chloe Cole had been invited to speak at UW today but she cancelled last night after a wave of outrage following the murder of a trans UW student on Sunday night. A protest had been planned outside the event so it went ahead as a rally instead, albeit with a somber undertone due to the recent murder. The crowd looked like about 70 people. One speaker was a trans person who described how gender transition care (the kind opposed by Chloe Cole) had affirmed his identify and made him much happier. On the other hand several speakers did lead the crowd in chants casting shame on UW; I think this is misdirected because if a student group invites a speaker, under the First Amendmenr UW can’t stop them. (It makes about as much sense as complaining that the mayor didn’t stop the event.) Better to protest the views that the speaker stands for. (But this was nowhere near as bad as stuff like “Hamas Hamas make us proud, take another settler out!” that leftist groups have chanted at other UW rallies so it wasn’t worth getting into an argument over.) One person chalked “scary drum” on the ground, a reference to the drummer who was arrested at the last TPUSA UW speaker event, which was pretty funny. submitted by /u/bennetthaselton |
