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Both hands clapping for Matthew Vitale – Student whose MAGA hat stolen presses charges; thief’s peers demand school protect her, pay her rent – The College Fix

But the “#Snatch a hat” video posted to Macias’ Facebook page, which films her grabbing his hat off his head, shows she took it off his person. That rises to the level of a felony theft charge, he said he was told by campus police.

And I agree with Mr. Vitale’s free speech statement 100%…

“Free speech is under attack on campus,” added Vitale, a leader within the school’s College Republicans. “As cliche as it sounds, the facts of our laws and our Constitution … don’t care about what you feel. For millennials everywhere who believe their feelings give them the right to step on the rights of others — you are sadly misguided. That is not the real world.”

To the snowflakes on campus, you do not have a right NOT to be offended. Get over yourselves.

You think they are not snowflakes? This is what the “Statement of Solidarity with Edith Macias” is calling for…

The “Statement of Solidarity with Edith Macias” circulating within the campus community states in part that UC administration should “pay for alternate housing accommodations for Macias and their family while simultaneously covering their current housing costs in order to keep them safe from threats of harm.”

The demand cites Vitale’s viral video, saying Macias has been doxxed and threatened as a result. It also calls for administrators to “grant Macias amnesty and protection from any student or legal charges.”

It also seeks a statement against “white supremacist violence” and one in support of sanctuary campuses from campus leaders.

After Vitale’s video went viral, drawing the nation’s attention to the incident at the public university in Southern California, campus leaders sent an email that weighed in on the issue without mentioning it specifically.

“Coequal to our dedication to mutual respect is our commitment to free speech and the free exchange of ideas,” the message stated. “A university requires an environment where students and scholars can freely express ideas and pursue knowledge, while also promoting respectful dialogue among individuals or groups with opposing viewpoints.”

Vitale, 20, an economics major set to graduate next year, said he was a little disappointed with the statement.

“UCR affirms its dedication to free speech, but [adds] free speech has to come under our shared values of mutual respect, which is not freedom of speech,” Vitale said. “The whole point of freedom of speech is to ensure the right to say things reprehensible or mean.”

“I don’t think the MAGA hat is any of those things,” he said. “… But if we don’t protect controversial speech, that is the moment when we lose our liberty.”

Perhaps Edith Macias should have kept her hands to herself. Practice a little self control. Realize that she can be offended and be a grown up about it, not a spoiled self indulgent brat. Get over yourself, take an adult pill, put on your big boy (whoops big girl pants) and proceed with growing up.

Oh, and this is exactly how you get more Trump.