Get a clue. When is the last time a right wing speaker brought up a counterpoint at one of their presentations? This is a talk about a certain individuals views & ideas, not a debate. Before you even start in with all the crap about "what about fair representation for both sides", go turn on Fox News or basically any other large news organization and then tell me who is getting more air time. Bill O'Riley has both a national television show & radio program, the only left wing shows I can really think of have very limited distribution and have a hard time finding carriers because the media conglomerates that own everything won't let them speak. But no, your right, it isn't fair that Ward Churchill speak to a small crowd at a college without a representative from the right to turn it into a debate as opposed to him stating his beliefs.

"How is what he believes different from a terrorist?" How is what the US government does different from a terrorist? Speaking out against an organization with a proven track record of murder, torture and genocide doesn't sound like terrorism to me, it sounds like something more people should be doing. Hell, I'll go you one step further, believing and advocating for the violent overthrow of that organization still sounds like something that can be easily defended.

The difference between that and terrorism is terrorism is something directed at the general public, the common person who has no real involvement (other then apathy) in whatever the terrorist is attempting to change. An attack on the US government, an organization that is killing and torturing people (both abroad and on our own soil) is an act of terrorism only because the US government says it is. Its the same way that the US decides what atrocities committed around the world are wrong and which are acceptable. Genocide and terrorism in a country that supports and helps us, ignorable. Genocide and terrorism in a country that doesn't support or help us, we need instant action taken against them.

How is your comment relevant to the actual facts? Answer: it's not.