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Originally Posted by DSTCHAOS
He shouldn't have been invited to speak. Free speech on AMERICAN soil doesn't apply to terrorists and known supporters of terrorism. This goes to how I feel about any noncitizen who comes here, when you're HERE you will be treated as a human being but not necessarily given the same citizenship rights as citizens receive or given a platform to speak.
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I generally agree with you on this. BUT I think that because of the power this man wields, and the fact that our current (and probably next) campaign is being fought in the vicinity of Iran (and will probably be fought IN Iran), giving him a platform to speak was not only necessary, it was the right thing to do. He's not just some faceless terrorist you see on Al-Jazeera spitting vitriol.
And anyway, he only confirmed the negative opinions of many of the posters here, and I'd wager, most American citizens.