As Twitchy reported, students at Goddard College handpicked convicted cop killer Mumia Abu-Jamal to deliver their fall commencement speech. And the Goddard’s communications manager Samantha Kolber is totes OK with that:
@SgtTim911 @Cameron_Gray ? I haven't omitted anything and I never invited Mumia…if u read the students invited him.
— Samantha Kolber (@SamanthaKolber) October 1, 2014
Yeah, “the students” invited him. But Kolber thinks it’s cool and stands behind their decision:
@SgtTim911 @Cameron_Gray We as a progressive College have a responsibility to grapple w/ and explore tough issues with our students.
— Samantha Kolber (@SamanthaKolber) October 1, 2014
Because when it comes to cold-blooded murder, there’s so much to “explore.”
"Free people have a right to decide for themselves what they want to hear." – @MumiaAbuJamal
— Samantha Kolber (@SamanthaKolber) October 2, 2014
And we should listen to an unrepentant cop killer because …
Murder is wrong. Free speech is right. Sometimes these exist together. #Duality #truth #complexity
— Samantha Kolber (@SamanthaKolber) October 2, 2014
Wait … what? Quick, Sam, say something else!
@LoLosPassion Gandhi was also a convicted felon, should he not have had a platform? #freespeech for all.
— Samantha Kolber (@SamanthaKolber) October 2, 2014
See? Mumia’s just like Gandhi! Two men cut from the same cloth!
@SamanthaKolber @LoLosPassion whoa, comparing Gandhi to a cop killer. Where did you go school again?
— Mental Fitness (@VTRepublican) October 2, 2014
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Unbelievable.
https://twitter.com/above_bored/status/517657089494495232
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Bummer, man. Maybe next year, huh, Samantha?
@SamanthaKolber @SgtTim911 @Cameron_Gray Ms. Kolber, read the transcripts and the eyewitness testimony – you defend an unrepentant murderer.
— Stephen A. Miskin (@Sam1963) October 2, 2014
@SamanthaKolber Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner could not be reached for comment, #GoddardCollege
— Tim Sumner (@SgtTim911) October 2, 2014
@SamanthaKolber this is not one of those times
— Jack Leahigh (@celticfc411) October 2, 2014
https://twitter.com/westonve/status/517668500379541504
We’re guessing the answer is no.
@undergradwoman @SamanthaKolber Because you support him you have shown yourself to be morally bankrupt and/or incredibly naive. Or stupid.
— Jennine (@jenninejones) October 2, 2014
@SamanthaKolber @MumiaAbuJamal. Lady there is no polite way of saying this but . Both of you are fucking nuts .
— Skinner (@GhostDancer67) October 2, 2014
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