Crockerinho

Wrestling Moderator

This was just posted today on WrestlingObserver.com:

The Ultimate Warrior gave a speech infront of University of Connecticut students last night that almost broke out into a riot. Major arguments broke out after many considered Warrior's thoughts to be homophobic and racist.

People started yelling at Warrior as he spoke. Warrior at one point started yelling and stomping his feet, telling everyone to not talk while he is and to ask questions after his speech. Officers were eventually called in to calm things down.

The group that brought Warrior in, the College Republicans, apologized heavily for bringing Warrior in after the speech ended. Statements that really got the crowd upset were when Warrior said "queering don't make the world work" and told an Iranian girl to "get a towel." Warrior also admitted that he used steroids while in wrestling.

Edit note, here is some more info:

Warrior did a speech at the University of Connecticut last night which turned into a free-for-all. Norm Mogyhtaderi, a sociology and history major said Warrior's beliefs were homophobic and racist. There was a major protest group and arguments back and forth, with Warrior screaming and stomping on the stage and saying he would answer all questions after his speech in a Q&AS format. Many people in the crowd were yelling and attacking him verbally as he spoke. Officers were called for back-up and the crowd was at one point told if they didn't stop, the speech would end. Warrior's actions were not supported in the end by the group that brought him, the College Republicans. "We are truly sorry that the Warrior did not measure up to our standards," said Heath Fahle, of the College Republicans. When it was over, the group even sent out a press release apologizing for his speech. They wanted Warrior to engage in a respectful debate. Warrior lost the crowd when he said, "Queering don't make the world work." When an Iranian student asked him a question, Warrior said he needed to "get a towel." As you can imagine, this caused another outburst. Other students then told Warrior he needed to apologize for the remark. Warrior showed a video where he ripped up an Iraqi flag. During the speech, Warrior admitted that he used steroids while in wrestling and called for other athletes to be as honest as he was on the subject.

Blitzkrieg

WC Hall Of Famer

lol...that's some funny stuff. I wasn't there though.

Mr. Kennedy

I don't know about anyone else but I had already lost all respect for the Warrior years ago. I don't know what he was thinking since he had to know this would do nothing but make him look bad.

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Miakal

Warrior responds to the attacks by those spineless Republicans and World Class Crybaby Liberals from last night's speech
From the Desk of Warrior

April 6, 2005

Santa Fe, NM – This release is in response to allegations made in an email
from UConn student Russell Passig, as well as remarks made in two press
releases by the UConn College Republicans regarding Warrior’s appearance at
UConn on April 5, 2005.

First, Mr. Passig’s claim that Warrior’s address was tantamount to
“university-funded hate speech� is absolutely ridiculous. While it is
certainly true that Warrior’s positions are often controversial, the reality
is that what people like Passig whiningly denounce as “racist and
homophobic� is merely what reasonable adults would classify as nothing more
than being politically incorrect. While Mr. Passig, Mr. Traugh, Mr.
Moghtaderi, and any others who objected to the substance of what Warrior had
to say would certainly have been within their rights to challenge Warrior
during the Q&A period, the truth is that they lacked the class and common
sense to do so. After repeatedly interrupting Warrior's speech, these
individuals chose to further instigate Warrior with baseless ad hominem
attacks - thus eliciting highly-charged responses from Warrior. To top it
all off, this World Class Crew of Crybabies is now attempting to have the
UConn administration punish the CRs for words that Warrior spoke. Yet
another timeless liberal/left-wing/anti-American tradition - when in doubt,
blame the Republicans.

All of the above notwithstanding, it is somewhat sad to see how utterly
spineless the UConn College Republicans have turned out to be. Not a single
UConn CR voiced any objection to Warrior after the event. The detailed
emails between Warrior and the UConn CRs reveal that the CRs repeatedly
encouraged Warrior to single out the Tent City Trash for some re-education.
Yet, it now seems that the CRs have collectively decided to bow down and beg
forgiveness from various extremist, anti-American, left-wing groups who
infest the UConn campus. Perhaps the UConn CRs should refrain from engaging
in political activism until such time as they develop enough backbone to be
able to withstand not being liked by their opponents.

It bears mentioning that Warrior demonstrated considerable restraint given
the disrespectful and petulant behavior of a small minority of the students.
These individuals unwittingly illustrated one of the most pernicious
truths of modern liberalism: that while self-described liberals claim, ad
nauseum, that they support freedom of speech, the truth is that they only
support free speech as long as the content of that speech is acceptable to
them. The moment that a single word is spoken that questions, challenges,
or otherwise conflicts with their myopic, misguided views of the world,
their enthusiasm for the First Amendment totally disappears.

In closing, Warrior emphatically rejects and dismisses any attempt to
portray his appearance at UConn as anything other than it was – a
straightforward, honest discussion of Warrior’s philosophical beliefs. That
his words have been mischaracterized and that the speech was occasionally
interrupted by a relative handful of students (who, for some reason, all
seemed to smell like patchouli oil and burnt flag) does not detract from the
fact that the overwhelming majority of those in attendance had a wonderful
time and agreed with most of Warrior’s points – a fact that is corroborated
by dozens upon dozens of emails that Warrior has thus far received from
attendants. Warrior thanks all of his true fans and all of the true
Conservatives who took time out from their studies to welcome him back to
Connecticut, and hopes to see them all again very soon.

Always Believe,
Warrior

Crockerinho

Wrestling Moderator

I actually emailed the warrior a few wks ago to see if he would do an interview for this site, still waiting for a reply

Miakal

He probably would because he's a dumbass.

Listening to him rant about things is painful. I think an interview with him talking about steriods and modern wrestling might be interesting though.

Crockerinho

Wrestling Moderator

I tried Honky Tonk Man, Lance Storm and Earthquake too, only Quake give me a reply

Crockerinho

Wrestling Moderator

That reply as only just made the major news sites so we got it first

Thanks Miakal

Randy Orton

WC's Resident Alchoholic

what did he say?

Joseph T. Cool

WC HOF'er

I thought this would interest all. Warrior replies about this incident on his website...

"Ultimate Warrior Responds: Holds Nothing Back
Written by Ryan Clark on April 07, 2005 at 10:03:07

From the Desk of Warrior

April 6, 2005

Santa Fe, NM – This release is in response to allegations made in an email from UConn student Russell Passig, as well as remarks made in two press releases by the UConn College Republicans regarding Warrior’s appearance at UConn on April 5, 2005.

First, Mr. Passig’s claim that Warrior’s address was tantamount to “university-funded hate speech� is absolutely ridiculous. While it is certainly true that Warrior’s positions are often controversial, the reality is that what people like Passig whiningly denounce as “racist and homophobic� is merely what reasonable adults would classify as nothing more than being politically incorrect. While Mr. Passig, Mr. Traugh, Mr. Moghtaderi, and any others who objected to the substance of what Warrior had to say would certainly have been within their rights to challenge Warrior during the Q&A period, the truth is that they lacked the class and common sense to do so. After repeatedly interrupting Warrior's speech, these individuals chose to further instigate Warrior with baseless ad hominem attacks - thus eliciting highly-charged responses from Warrior. To top it all off, this World Class Crew of Crybabies is now attempting to have the UConn administration punish the CRs for words that Warrior spoke. Yet another timeless liberal/left-wing/anti-American tradition - when in doubt, blame the Republicans.

All of the above notwithstanding, it is somewhat sad to see how utterly spineless the UConn College Republicans have turned out to be. Not a single UConn CR voiced any objection to Warrior after the event. The detailed emails between Warrior and the UConn CRs reveal that the CRs repeatedly encouraged Warrior to single out the Tent City Trash for some re-education. Yet, it now seems that the CRs have collectively decided to bow down and beg forgiveness from various extremist, anti-American, left-wing groups who infest the UConn campus. Perhaps the UConn CRs should refrain from engaging in political activism until such time as they develop enough backbone to be able to withstand not being liked by their opponents.

It bears mentioning that Warrior demonstrated considerable restraint given the disrespectful and petulant behavior of a small minority of the students. These individuals unwittingly illustrated one of the most pernicious truths of modern liberalism: that while self-described liberals claim, ad nauseum, that they support freedom of speech, the truth is that they only support free speech as long as the content of that speech is acceptable to them. The moment that a single word is spoken that questions, challenges, or otherwise conflicts with their myopic, misguided views of the world, their enthusiasm for the First Amendment totally disappears.

In closing, Warrior emphatically rejects and dismisses any attempt to portray his appearance at UConn as anything other than it was – a straightforward, honest discussion of Warrior’s philosophical beliefs. That his words have been mischaracterized and that the speech was occasionally interrupted by a relative handful of students (who, for some reason, all seemed to smell like patchouli oil and burnt flag) does not detract from the fact that the overwhelming majority of those in attendance had a wonderful time and agreed with most of Warrior’s points – a fact that is corroborated by dozens upon dozens of emails that Warrior has thus far received from attendants. Warrior thanks all of his true fans and all of the true Conservatives who took time out from their studies to welcome him back to Connecticut, and hopes to see them all again very soon.

Always Believe,
Warrior