The Lions' Pride

Yes and no. I agree that usually it is best to just move on (not worth the time or effort, as you will not change their mind)...however, there is something about "what is good for the goose is good for the gander, too" in this. When someone exercises their right to free speech to CONSTANTLY harass and harangue...it is kind of nice to see a courageous soul stand up to them loudly and "call them out." Again, kudos to the professor.

I don't know if he is or not. I said he looked like one. I take it you watched the video and disagree. My experience with the Willard preacher is that he always kept his cool when 'debating' people on the steps. Often times he would get yelled at or called names. I don't agree with the way he delivers his message as I think it turns more people off than on, but the guy always kept his cool while other people got in his face, yelled, etc.
The people that lost their cool were always students. I've never seen a professor confront him and I think this guy looked juvenile in the way he did it.
As many have said here, if you don't like what he's saying, keep walking.

I think the point is that he has nothing to do with PSU and yet harasses students daily while they are trying to get an education. I'm not sure he's arguing that he shouldn't be allowed to do what he does legally as much as he is encouraging the students to utilize THEIR right to attend class without being harassed. There are limits to the 1st amendment and courts rule on them all the time like the westboro baptist folks having to keep a certain distance from funerals.

Maybe I missed it in the video, but I didn't see him tell the preacher that he couldn't be there.

Never heard of this clown before today. Seems like a fixture on campus. If he did call a student a whore as NitLionsGo claims then he deserved to be confronted by the professor. If not, the professor obviously lost his composer and looked foolish in doing so. JMO.

He brings up an interesting point about the freedom of speech not equating to the freedom to badger or berate those around him.

If this were done at a McDonald's, the preacher would probably be asked to leave, but because it's on a public university's grounds and he is somewhat of a figure on campus, he gets the pass.

I don't really care either way, the preacher doesn't bother me personally, but I could see why he would bother others.

+1

This... Guy is an asshole. It's not free speech. It's harassment. And he has no business on campus. He's not a student, he's not a professor. Any female that he did this to (I have personally seen it too) could have a legit claim to call the police. If I was a female and was disrespected, I would. He's a no class asshole. And I thought the professor was very smart in addressing his harassement of people every day. Made several good points. As many have said- fine line between free speech and insulting people on the street.

I've also seen some repercussions of the drunk insults. I'm not advocating knocking out the WP when he insults a female, but an unprovoked verbal attack on her should not go without repercussions. When it comes to unprovoked verbal attack then PSU should step in to protect the students. Freedom of speech is not a license to say anything without consequence.

Yep. I've seen plenty of people charged for dumb drunk behavior. And they should be. And I agree 100%, even when not drunk, you cannot just say and do anything you want without consequence.

lol, ok. Who's the starting QB come game 1?

He wants to get under people's skin and cause a scene, just to show that he has self control whereas others don't. Every time someone reacts, it's a personal victory for him. Honestly, they should let PSU and law enforcement handle it when he's throwing insults at normal students. It's a quality of life issue, and PSU is private property by definition.

I'm a police officer now, and if I knew what I know now back then, I would have called the police into the matter and filed a complaint. You don't have the right to confront random strangers, obstruct their path on the sidewalk, just to call them a whore, and convince yourself it's free speech.

Sadly enough, this is coming from a guy who is hiding behind the image that he's a Christian man, but reality is that he is more focused on discussing hell and his Orthodoxy religion.