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Up. i stopped after a couple -- after 30 seconds. >> because of the reaction? >> no, just because my speech almost ended anyway and i was getting messed up. >> anthony, you are a purple heart recipient. you were shot nine times. you lost your leg for this country. i'm all for free speech. but my goodness, what lesson do you want to teach to those people who were heckling you? >> first of all, that's just a small group of people that were there. and the town hall was meant to be a debate where both sides of the argument were supposed to give. the people that were heckling, it's -- they have the...

Sergeant anthony maschek. you are a student there at columbia. they were having this town hall. they were talking about bringing rotc back. you decided you wanted to speak. what happened there? >> there was big reaction from the crowd. there was laughter and some name calling. >> and somebody called you a racist. >> that's what i've been told. >> i don't get that! i don't get from what you said where they would get that. >> i don't think i said anything racially charged. i think i was just giving a warning that not everybody likes americans sometimes. that's what happens. >> you had a chance t...

Freedom. i would pull my kids out of school in a heartbeat if they ever did that. unfortunately, we're seeing we live in the democracy. so these kids can do that, ok? i'm saying they can. obviously, it's not appropriate in my mind and this isn't the first time this has happened at columbia university. they have conservative speakers come there and they get the same kind of treatment so then you have to ask the question -- if they don't -- if they choose want to go there, is that silencing part of what you should be hearing in our country? it's a mess! >> by the way, anthony maschek will be us ...

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