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When Flamethrowers Like Ann Coulter Come to Campus New York Times Free speech has become a contentious issue on college campuses. In an age of inflamed rhetoric both online and off a fundamental principle of liberal arts education is being tested in new ways. Right-wing provocateurs like Ann Coulter and Milo ... Pitts: Ann Coulter was rightQuad City Times Ann Coulter canceled speech shows campus closed-mindednessWashington Times Coulter clash at UC Berkeley costly for universitySFGate India West -Omaha World-Herald all 19 news articles »

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Conservative author Ann Coulter drew ire from south of the U.S. border over the weekend after she sent a tweet saying that North Korea warheads capable of reaching the Mexican city of Tijuana would be a workable compromise of an increasingly unsettled international saber-rattling situation.

The tweet, which was liked more than 3,000 times by Monday, follows news of a series of failed missile tests North Korea has performed in its pursuit of extending the reach of its warheads. Despite those efforts, experts say North Korean missiles remain incapable of reaching U.S. land.

Related: Should Trump meet North Korea's Kim Jong Un? Obama said he would

But the suggestion made by Coulter struck a nerve with many Mexicans who share the border with San Diego, including Tijuana mayor Juan Manuel Gastelum. On Twitter, Gastelum called her out and demanded respect for the citys citizens.

Coulters tweet drew a lot of unprintable obscenities from Mexicans who accused her of stoking xenophobia and hate. A lot of those reactions were in Spanish, including one saying, Typical Trump follower, full of dumb ideas and hate.

Does Coulter realize that, geographically speaking, Tijuana is so close to the border that any missile strike against the Mexican city would also impact San Diego? Some people on Twitter wondered about that.

Would she apologize? Dont hold your breath.

Coulter is unapologetic about her far-right views on immigration and border security. Her supporters appreciate her candor. Her critics say she stokes anti-immigrant and xenophobic fears.

Just last week, Coulter backed out of a scheduled appearance to speak at UC Berkeley after police expressed security concerns from protests planned for her arrival and after several groups pulled their sponsorship.

In a tweet, Coulter called the UC Berkeley cancellation a dark day for free speech in America.

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How Ann Coulter wowed GOP faithful in Modesto. Why police were left smiling. Sacramento Bee Conservative firebrand Ann Coulter's Friday evening speech at Modesto Centre Plaza drew hundreds of GOP faithful as well as dozens of demonstrators who lined the sidewalk and lawn outside the downtown convention center to show their support and ...

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On Monday morning, Ann Coulter entered unfriendly territory to deliver her ultra-right-wing opinions about President Donald Trump and the state of America. Nobody melted. Nobody was hurt. But nobody got any smarter either.

Following in the footsteps of conservative provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos, Coulter was invited to speak at UC Berkeley in Northern California last month, only to have her speech canceled by the schools administration, which cited safety concerns due to planned protests. Coulter later said she would hold a speech on campus anyway, with or without support from the university, but then canceled her own speech after losing the backing of the Young Americas Foundation group that had invited her in the first place.

But as Coulter put it on The View, That chronology is not even worth beginning, they changed their position every five minutes. She accused college campuses of putting undue requirements on conservative speakers, joking, I'm not going to speak off-campus from a hot air balloon at three in the morning. Even though she acquiesced to all of their restrictions, Coulter said the university canceled her speech anyway.

For its part, UC Berkeley has maintained it was still trying to find a time in the future for Coulter to speak. They were just kicking the can down the road so they could cancel later, she told the hosts.

The Views Joy Behar patted herself on the back a bit during the interview, saying, We backed you up, Ann, because we believe in free speech here and anything is fine. Whoopi Goldberg also commiserated with Coulter, noting that she recently had an upcoming appearance canceled in Clearwater, Florida, though she wasnt clear whether it had anything to do with politics or not.

The idea of not having free speech in a country whose foundation is the ability to speak freely is ridiculous, Goldberg added. So Berkeley, you made a mistake, man. Everybody is entitled to their opinion. Thats the law.

But lest there be too much camaraderie with their guest, the show eventually pivoted to a discussion of Donald Trump, whom Coulter backed earlier than most and has (mostly) stood by over his first 100 days in office. Last week, she told Fox News Tucker Carlson she was a little annoyed that Trump had not started building his alleged border wall yet.

I still consider Trump the emperor or God, however I'm disappointed with the Congressional Republicans, she clarified. You would think that despite his personality, despite everything you guys say about him, half the people who voted for him knew it, were trying to get the message through: we really, really want a wall.

And despite what Trump had to say about the press at his rally in Pennsylvania this weekend, Coulter insisted, He isn't attacking the media, he is attacking the fake media. There are so many lies about him.

You mean the fake news that he has helped put out there, Ann Coulter? Goldberg asked. You talking about that fake news or just fake news in general? Because he has lied quite a bit, honey.

Well, he doesnt lie, Coulter said, but she couldnt finish that thought with a straight face. She admitted that Trump has lied one time, but wouldnt say which time that was. He doesnt lie, hes a B.S.-er, an exaggerator.

Explaining the difference between lying and B.S. in her opinion, Coulter added, When he says, you know, everyone's rated this golf course the greatest golf course in the entire world, the audience doesnt believe it, he doesn't believe it, and he know they dont believe it, but everyone feels nice.

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Of course, its one thing to B.S. about a golf course, and quite another to mislead the American people about what will be covered under his healthcare plan or who was really behind the election cyber attacks, to name just two of the falsehoods that Trump put out during one interview with Face The Nation on Sunday.

He doesnt lie, Coulter insisted. Hillary lies.

That comment made Goldberg laugh uncontrollably. I love that you people keep bringing up Hillary, Goldberg told her. Hillary isn't thinking about y'all.

As for the big lie that launched Trumps presidential campaign that President Obama was not born in this country Coulter said, I am not counting anything until he announced for president.

In response, one woman in the audience could be heard yelling, What?!

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A student group that had been helping to plan the speaking engagement said Tuesday it now will not host the event in Berkeley, California.

But Coulter tweeted she still expects to be at the University of California's flagship campus.

After the Washington Post and other media outlets reported that Coulter would appear at the school's famed Sproul Plaza, Coulter cautioned she knew not where or when she would speak.

"I haven't spoken to any Berkeley students about when and where I will speak because I'm still waiting for Berkeley to tell me," she said in one tweet.

"(Washington Post) emailed, but I can't be on email all day. Sounds like a telephone game of misinformation. Still expect Berkeley to provide a room," she said in another.

The university wanted to reschedule Coulter's appearance until May 2, with campus police citing threats to the commentator and others connected with the event.

CNN reached out to school officials for comment Tuesday but didn't get an immediate response.

Chancellor Nicholas Dirks told the Post the "challenges are immense" if Coulter speaks in Sproul Plaza, where activists started the Free Speech Movement in the mid-1960s.

The Young America's Foundation announced it wouldn't be the host. It blamed officials at the university, saying they have created a hostile environment.

The student group said it doesn't believe there will be proper security.

"Young America's Foundation will not jeopardize the safety of its staff or students," the group said.

The organization says it will continue with suing the school over its efforts reschedule Coulter's appearance.

The lawsuit filed by the YAF and Berkeley College Republicans accuses the school of discriminating against conservative guest speakers by placing onerous time and location restrictions on their appearances.

The lawsuit seeks to end what it calls an "unconstitutionally vague policy" that the school "selectively" applies to stifle conservative viewpoints.

In response to the lawsuit, the school said Monday it welcomes speakers of all political viewpoints, including Coulter.

"UC Berkeley has been working to accommodate a mutually agreeable time for Ms. Coulter's visit -- which has not yet been scheduled -- and remains committed to doing so. The campus seeks to ensure that all members of the Berkeley and larger community -- including Ms. Coulter herself -- remain safe during such an event."

The lawsuit accuses the school of adopting an unwritten "high-profile speaker policy" with the help of the mayor's office and Berkeley Police after the ill-fated Yiannopoulos event. The policy restricts speaking events to before 3 p.m. and says they must be held in a "securable" location, though it's not clear what that means, the lawsuit alleges.

The lawsuit says the stipulations led the Berkeley College Republicans to cancel an event featuring conservative writer David Horowitz after the school said it would have to pay $5,788 for a security fee.

The lawsuit demands make no specific reference to Coulter's event. In addition to unspecified punitive and compensatory damages, it asks for an injunction preventing the school from applying "any unwritten or unpublished policy restricting the exercise of political expression on the UC Berkeley campus."

CNN's Stephanie Becker and Sonya Hamasaki contributed to this report.

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