All Ajai Raj, a University of Texas student, did was ask Ann Coulter what she thought about conservative men who fuck their wives in the ass. That's all.
WWW- Months after members of "Al Pieda" marred a campus speech by Ann Coulter, another appearance by the controversial conservative commentator has been disrupted by a protester. During a speechTuesday night at the University of Texas in Austin, a 19-year-old UT student was busted after asking Coulter a lewd question, which he followed up with equally inappropriate hand gestures, according to the below police affidavit.
The student, Ajai Raj, was arrested by campus police and hit with a misdemeanor disorderly conduct charge. The police affidavit notes that Coulter's lecture was attended by "several children under the age of ten," which probably made them particularly sensitive when Raj queried Coulter about the sexual proclivities of certain right-leaning men. Raj is pictured at right in an Austin Police Department booking photo.
Rush Limbaugh reported the event on his show Wednesday: Have you heard what happened to Ann Coulter last night when she was down at UT Austin? You haven't heard about this? (talking to staff) They arrested this guy. Here's basically what happened: "Incessant heckling and shouting culminated in an arrest Tuesday night during a speech by Ann Coulter at the University of Texas at Austin.
The Texan reports: Shouts became so pervasive during the question-and-answer session that Coulter informed the organizers she would no longer take questions if the hecklers were not silenced. For a time, the shouts were considerably lessened, until the issue of gay marriage was broached. Coulter said she supported the definition of marriage as between a man and a woman on the basis that a good woman civilizes and inspires a man to strive for something better, leading to a question that was met with a stunned silence." Now, I cannot read this question verbatim. I can't. (interruption) What? What's news? The question is news, but Mr. Snerdley, even under the guise, even under the umbrella of news, we have standards on this program. We have the highest echelons of good taste to uphold. I'm not going to repeat this question verbatim. I'll do as well as I can with this.
Here's the question. "You say that you believe in the sanctity of marriage. How do you feel about marriages where the man does nothing but blank his wife in the blank?" Now, the context here is gay marriage, so the question, "You say that you believe in the sanctity of marriage. Well, how do you feel about marriages where the man does nothing but blank his wife up the blank?" Well, the University of Texas police officers approached this man, his name was Ajai Raj, he's an English sophomore, Ajai Raj. "They approached Raj to arrest him resulting in a mass exodus of protesters chanting, 'Let him go.' 'The person had been disruptive the entire event,' said Matt Hardigree, former Student Events Center president. 'He took the opportunity to say something lewd and offensive and then made masturbatory gestures as he exited.'
Hardigree said that Cheryl Wood from the Office of the Dean of Students spoke with some of the protestors before the event, and assorted members of the Distinguished Speakers Committee asked them to sit in the back if they had signs and to leave quietly if they wanted to leave. According to Jeffrey Stockerwell, a friend of Raj, officers violently seized Raj and illegally searched him after his question. Police have charged Raj with disorderly conduct, a Class C misdemeanor. Representatives of the Austin People's Legal Collective were taking statements from everyone at the scene, in case it should be taken to court.
The booing began early into Coulter's speech, when she issued a joke to pro-choice advocates. 'I wonder why those "I Heart Partial-Birth Abortion" T-shirts aren't selling better.'" That just brought them out of the woodwork. They started screaming bloody murder. "One student asked Coulter why universities and institutions place microphones in front of her when she advocates terrorism against liberals, prompting Coulter to mention the strength of her book sales. Coulter has had four New York Times best sellers. The event was co-sponsored by the Texas Union Student Events Center and Student Endowed Centennial Lectureship Committee."
