Former US Treasurer Bay Buchanan was invited by the University of North Carolina Youth for Western Civilization chapter to speak about the importance of free speech and the dangers illegal immigration pose on society.
The event had several officers on site to prevent outbursts similar to those at the Tom Tancredo speech in the spring. However this didn't keep Haley Koch, who was arrested for disorderly conduct after the Tancredo event, from holding a "performance" in the lobby before Bucahanan's speech.
The "performance" included two students pretending to beat Koch with a horse whip, chains and a paddle. She was then bound and gagged and then led into the auditorium for the speech where she stayed for half of the speech before walking out.
Buchanan's talk focused on the need to enforce existing immigration laws and on how our culture has become too politically correct. To many of the leftists in the audience, enforcing such laws is "racist" and "bigoted." They also found political correctness necessary so as not to "offend" anyone in our society. However, as Buchanan told the audience, “The word ‘offended’ is an active verb. It means you choose to be offended. So who are you to decide what I can and can’t say?”
A few protesters tried to distract Buchanan from her speech by shouting at her, but she did not acknowledge or respond to their childish tactics. Despite the few attention-seekers in the audience, Buchanan spoke for close to an hour before taking questions from the audience.
Overall the event was quite the success.
