Milo Yiannopolous has been banned from delivering a second speech at DePaul University, prompting campus Republicans to explore legal recourse. The school administrators denied the College Republican group’s request to host the Breitbart tech editor for a second time.
Vice President of Student Affairs Eugene Zdziarski accused Yiannopolous of creating a “hostile environment.” In a letter to the College Republicans, he wrote, “Mr. Yiannopoulos’ words and behavior contained inflammatory-speech, contributed to a hostile environment and incited similar behavior from the crowd in attendance. In addition, he led an unapproved march through campus that created a potentially dangerous situation.”
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Zdziarski said that it would not be possible to invite Yiannopolous back to the university. “[H]aving consulted with Public Safety and having reviewed last spring’s events,” he wrote, “it is clear that it would not be possible for DePaul to provide the security that would be required for such an event.”
This comment was made in reference to Yiannopolous’s previous visit to the campus on May 24 as part of his “Dangerous Faggot” speaking tour, during which protestors from Black Lives Matter stormed the stage, commandeered the microphone, and harassed Yiannopolous and his team.
The protestors were angered over Yiannopolous’ stance against feminism and Black Lives Matter, and his avid support of Trump. Campus security, for which the school made Yiannopolous’s team pay for, remained uninvolved and allowed the event to be interrupted and the provocateur threatened.
Yiannopolous then led his supporters in a march across campus. He later said of the social justice warriors’s actions, “They prove my point for me every time … It’s pretty obvious whose safety was at risk. This idea that making jokes about feminism could prompt a massacre is plainly preposterous.” Though he said suing was a “whiny loser” move, he did want DePaul to return the money he paid for the ineffective security.
Despite the university president’s apology to Yiannopolous, the school is unwilling to host him again. According to Yiannopolous’s tweets, College Republicans has been consulting with attorneys from the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) and retaining lawyers in regard to DePaul’s refusal to allow Yiannopolous to return. The group is still angry after campus security allowed the last speech to be interrupted.
Echoing Yiannopolous’s words, a DePaul student and College Republicans member said, “We want our money back too.”
