NYT reporter Jeremy Peters doubles-down on the she-was-asking-for-it defense

Greg P. | 2:50 PM on April 27, 2017

New York Times news side doubling down on anti-free-speech aggression. https://t.co/0Tareb3l5t

— James Taranto (@jamestaranto) April 27, 2017

New York Times reporters Jeremy Peters is doubling-down on the she-was-asking-for-it-defense regarding conservative speakers getting booted from college campuses we told you about this morning. Peters writes that “conservatives like [Ann Coulter] are eagerly throwing themselves into volatile situations like the one at Berkeley”:

Saying yes to a student group's invitation to lecture = eagerly throwing myself into a volatile situation. Bullshit. https://t.co/JkMditKepv pic.twitter.com/VtGg4w35Qx

— Charles Murray (@charlesmurray) April 27, 2017

Peters responded to criticism with this lunacy:

I'm sure Milo & Ann just picked Berkeley by throwing a dart at a map. https://t.co/t09FzKQrhA

— Jeremy W. Peters (@jwpetersNYT) April 27, 2017

Here we go again:

https://twitter.com/KevinNR/status/857651464528945152

Now back to what Peters wrote…

For starters, Milo Yiannopoulos and Coulter were invited:

(a) they were invited & (b) this shouldn't matter…Berkeley is not a "no-go zone" for people with non-conforming views. https://t.co/gGIj2E1pBI

— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) April 27, 2017

Two, it doesn’t matter:

https://twitter.com/ishapiro/status/857656513510420480

And three, what if they had chosen Berkeley to make a point? You know, like…

Coincidentally, MLK picked Selma the same way.

— Jeryl Bier (@JerylBier) April 27, 2017

Oh, it’s also Trump’s fault:

What's happening on campuses now has a lot to do with how Trump fans flames over excessive political correctness https://t.co/8SIYovyuX5

— Jeremy W. Peters (@jwpetersNYT) April 27, 2017