Subtitles section Play video Print subtitles PROTESTS AT UC BERKELEY ERUPTED IN VIOLENCE AFTER SOME MAST INDIVIDUALS THROUGH WHAT APPEARED TO BE FIREWORKS AND STARTED A FIRE ON CAMPUS. WHAT WERE THE PROTESTS ABOUT? THEY WAS A PROFESSIONAL TROLL SCHEDULED TO SPEAK ON CAMPUS. I HAVE A POLICY OF NOT NAMING THIS INDIVIDUAL BECAUSE HE LITERALLY SAYS THINGS TO BE PROVOCATIVE AND GET ATTENTION AND I DON'T THINK HE IS WORTH THE ENERGY. HE PURPOSELY GOES TO VERY LIBERAL COLLEGE CAMPUSES AND SAYS HE'S GOING TO GIVE A SPEECH AND USUALLY IT LEADS TO PROTESTS. IT FEEDS INTO HIS ARGUMENT THAT LIBERALS ARE AGAINST FREE SPEECH. THIS IS SOMEONE WHO HAS SAID TERRIBLE THINGS ABOUT PRETTY MUCH EVERY GROUP IMAGINABLE. TWITTER PERMANENTLY BANNED HIM. HE DIRECTED A BUNCH OF HARASSMENT TOWARD LESLIE JONES. THE UNIVERSITY SAID THIS. WE DO HAVE VIDEO OF THIS. THAT IS A STATEMENT FROM OFFICIALS AT UC BERKELEY, THAT IS NOT FROM A WITNESS OR SOMEONE IN THIS NEWS ORGANIZATION. AGAIN, MASKED AGITATORS, THAT WAS THEIR STATEMENT. >> LET ME JUMP AHEAD AND SAY WE THINK THE REST OF THE MEDIA IS COVERING THE STORY WRONG. EVERY HEADLINE IS PROTESTERS AT BERKELEY RIOT AND THROW MOLOTOV COCKTAILS, TECH POLICE, SMASHED GLASS. ACCORDING TO BERKELEY THERE WERE ALREADY PROTESTERS THAT HAD BEEN THERE FOR HOURS. EVEN PEACEFUL PROTESTERS I DISAGREE WITH, DON'T PROTEST THIS NO-NAME PERSON. I KNOW IT IS MADDENING THAT IDIOT COLLEGE REPUBLICANS PAY HIM A LOT OF MONEY TO COME, THAT IS ANOTHER PART OF IT. IF YOU DON'T GO TO PROTESTS, SEVEN PEOPLE WILL SHOW UP. HE DOESN'T HAVE ANY REAL FANS. THERE ARE SEVEN TROLLS IN THE COUNTRY WHO LIKE HIM. HE LOVES IT, SO STOP PROTESTING HIM. LET HIM ENJOY THE SOUND OF SILENCE. >> I COMPLETELY AGREE. I AM A FAN OF POLITICAL ACTIVISM. THE STUDENTS WHAT THEIR VOICES HEARD AND WANT TO BE CLEAR. BY THE WAY IDEOLOGY IS ONE THING, RHETORIC IS ANOTHER. I WILL GIVE YOU EXAMPLES OF WHAT HE HAS SAID IN THE PAST. HE IS LITERALLY A PROFESSIONAL TROLL. HE WANTS TO GET A RISE OUT OF PEOPLE. I CAN'T EMPHASIZE THIS ENOUGH, WHEN YOU GO OUT THERE AND PROTEST HIM ñ THAT CREATES AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE AGITATORS CAN GET INVOLVED AND SMEAR ALL OF YOU. AND ALSO PLAYS INTO HIS NARRATIVE THAT EVEN THE PRESIDENT IS NOW THREATENING TO CUT FUNDING FROM THE SCHOOLS BECAUSE THEY ARE CLAIMING THE SCHOOLS ARE NOT FOR FREE SPEECH. BE SMART ABOUT THE WAY YOU REACT TO THESE PEOPLE. THEY WANT A REACTION, DON'T FEED THE TROLLS. >>HE IS DYING TO BE A VICTIM. EVERYTHING IS PROJECTING. HE IS THE SPECIALIST SNOWFLAKE OF THEM ALL. DON'T FEED INTO IT. WE KNOW THERE WAS A PEACEFUL PROTEST THERE AND THESE MASKED AGITATORS CAME IN THAT WERE NOT PART OF THE PROTEST THAT WAS THERE FOR HOURS. YOU THINK BERKELEY STUDENTS PUT ON MASKS AND PLAN THIS OUT AND CAME IN? NOBODY KNOWS WHO THOSE MASKS AGITATORS ARE. IF YOU ARE SAYING THEY ARE BERKELEY STUDENTS, YOU KNOW THAT AT ALL AND EVERYONE IN THE MEDIA THAT SAID THAT SHOULD IMMEDIATELY RETRACT IT. I HAVE A DECENT GAS AND WHO THEY ARE, BUT WE DON'T KNOW EITHER. >> LET ME GIVE YOU MORE INFORMATION ON THE SPECULATIVE REPORTS REGARDING WHO THESE PEOPLE ARE. THERE ARE PEOPLE ON THE LEFT WHO HAVE A MILITANT STYLE OF PROTESTING PEOPLE. IF IT'S PROVEN THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE PART OF THESE GROUPS, VIOLENCE IS UNACCEPTABLE UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE. TO PEOPLE ON THE LEFT OR RIGHT, UNACCEPTABLE. THERE ARE SOME REPORTS THAT THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE THESE MILITANT LEFTISTS WHO LIKE TO USE VIOLENCE TO GET THEIR POINT ACROSS. APPARENTLY THEY ARE FROM A GROUP CALLED ANTIFA. THEY DO BELIEVE THAT UNDER ANY AND ALL MEANS NECESSARY YOUTH TO SHOW YOUR OPPOSITION AND RESISTANCE TO RIGHT WING OR RIGHT SUPREMACIST IDEAS. NO, YOU ACTUALLY HURT THE CAUSE WHEN YOU USE VIOLENCE TO GET YOUR POINT ACROSS. IF IT IS PROVEN, YOU ARE PART OF THE PROBLEM. I DON'T CARE ABOUT HOW YOU THINK VIOLENCE IS THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN SHOW YOUR OPPOSITION. YOU ARE CAUSING MORE HARM THAN GOOD. PLEASE DON'T DO THAT. IT IS SO STUPID. >> IF THEY ARE LEFT-WINGERS, A TRUE PROGRESSIVE DOESN'T DO THIS. IF YOU EVER SEE THIS, STAND AWAY FROM THEM AND POINT THEM TO AUTHORITIES. THEY ARE SMEARING YOU. THERE ARE THE RIGHT WING'S BEST FRIEND. BECAUSE IN THE RIGHT WING SAYS YOU SEE THAT? THEY CAUSE VIOLENCE. MEANWHILE THIS GUY WHO IS SPEAKING IS LIKE I AM A FIRST AMENDMENT ACTIVIST. THE MINUTE YOU DO VIOLENCE, IT IS SO MONUMENTALLY DUMB. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE HELL ANARCHISTS ARE. NO RULES NO LAWS? THAT IS NOT LEFT OR RIGHT, THAT IS JUST OFF THE SPECTRUM. COULD THE RIGHT WING COME IN MASKED? COULD IT BE 4CHAN GUYS? >> YOU GUYS DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW PROBLEMATIC ALL OF THIS IS. IF IT WAS A CLEVER STRATEGY BY THE RIGHT, CONGRATULATIONS IT IS WORKING. DON'T PLAY INTO IT. BUT EVEN IF IT IS NOT, AND YOU HAVE PEOPLE ON THE LEFT USING FORMS OF VIOLENCE TO PROTEST, YOU ARE PART OF THE PROBLEM AND ARE CAUSING MORE HARM THAN GOOD. DONALD TRUMP ACTUALLY TWEETED ABOUT THIS AND THREATENED TO PULL FEDERAL FUNDING FROM UC BERKELEY. HERE IS WHAT HE SAID. THE PERSON WHO HAD HIS SPEECH CANCELED BECAUSE OF THESE PROTESTS SAID THE FOLLOWING. RIGHT NOW BERKELEY RECEIVED 55% OF THEIR FUNDING FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. IF THEY SNATCH THAT FUNDING AWAY FROM THE SCHOOL, WHAT IS THAT GOING TO DO? PUT AN END TO THE TYPE OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH THAT IS GOING ON TO PROVE THINGS THAT CONSERVATIVES DON'T LIKE LIKE MAN-MADE CLIMATE CHANGE. OF COURSE THEY DON'T LIKE THAT. THEY HAVE BEEN ASSAULTING AND DISMANTLING EDUCATION AS MUCH AS THEY CAN. IF YOU USE VIOLENCE TO PROTEST HIM, YOU ARE GOING TO FEED INTO THEIR CAUSE. DON'T FUCKING DO IT, IT IS STUPID. LET THIS GUY COME ON CAMPUS AND GIVE WHATEVER SPEECH HE WANTS, DON'T SHOW UP. IN FACT, YOU SHOULD HAVE A LIBERAL SPEAKER OR ANOTHER LIBERAL SPEAKER WHO CAN ADD SOMETHING TO THE CONVERSATION. HOST THEM IN A DIFFERENT VENUE ON CAMPUS AND LET THE STUDENTS DECIDE WHERE THEY GO AND WHO THEY LISTEN TO. >> ARE YOU KIDDING ME. THERE WAS A REPORTER WITH HIM WHEN HE HE WAS KICKED OFF OF TWITTER. HE SHED CROCODILE TEARS. BUT TO THE REPORTER HE SAID I AM SO EXCITED. >> I HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT THIS ON THE SHOW, I WANT TO MAKE MYSELF A VICTIM BUT MY COMMENTS ON DONALD TRUMP GOT ME IN TROUBLE. STUDENT BODY AT A UNIVERSITY IN COLORADO NOMINATED ME TO COME SPEAK AT THEIR SCHOOL. AS THE EVENT IS BEING PUT TOGETHER I GET A NOTICE FROM THE THIRD PARTY THAT IS HIRED TO PUT THE EVENT TOGETHER AND THEY TELL ME THE SCHOOL BOARD VOTED AGAINST HAVING YOU COME TO SPEAK ON CAMPUS BECAUSE THEY DID NOT LIKE WHAT YOU HAD TO SAY ABOUT DONALD TRUMP. I'M NOT GOING TO GO AROUND THROWING FECES AT THE WALL AND CALLING FOR A CUT THE FUNDING BECAUSE THIS CONSERVATIVE SCHOOL BOARD DECIDED AGAINST HAVING ME THERE. >>MAYBE WE SHOULD, ANA? ALL CONSERVATIVES EVER DO IS CRY AND CRY. THEN THEY GET THEIR WAY. AND THEN HE MAKES A TON OF MONEY FROM THAT. AND THEN IDIOTS AT SIMON & SCHUSTER GIVE THEM A TON OF MONEY TO WRITE BOOKS. MEANWHILE ONE PROGRESSES SAY THINGS THAT REPRESENT 60% OF THE COUNTRY, SOME CONSERVATIVE DOUCHE BAGS ON A BOARD SOMEWHERE SAY NO NO NO, WE CANNOT GIVE ANY FUNDS TO PROGRESSIVES. MAYBE WE SHOULD GO ON THESE CAMPUSES AND CAUSE A GIANT FUCKING STIR. THE PROBLEM IS WE WON'T HAVE ANY PROTESTERS BECAUSE THERE ARE THREE CONSERVATIVES PER CAMPUS BECAUSE THEY ARE NONEXISTENT. ALL THEY CAN DO IS PUT ON STUPID LITTLE MASKS AND TROLL AWAY. THE DISPROPORTIONATE ATTENTION IT GETS IS MADDENING. NOW THEY HAVE THE KING TROLL IN THE WHITE HOUSE, DONALD J TROLL. NOW THEY ARE ALL TROLLING TOGETHER WITH AN OBJECTIVE OF DESTROYING PUBLIC EDUCATION. THE REST OF THE MEDIA HELPS THEM TREMENDOUSLY BY EVERY HEADLINE BEING OUT THERE, " BERKELEY STUDENTS RIOTING" WITHOUT ANY CONTEXT AT ALL.
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