Richard Spencer: Protesters heckle alt
Richard Spencer
(CNN) Protesters greeted  white supremacist leader Richard Spencer  with loud boos and chants of "Go home Spencer" during  his  speech Thursday afternoon at the University of Florida in Gainesville.
The talk was Spencer's first planned speech on a college campus since  he  and others participated in the " Unite the Right " rally in Charlottesville  Virginia  in August.
 Spencer  took the stage at the Phillips Center at just after 2:45 p.m. Those in the venue  many of whom stood with their fists raised  loudly booed and chanted lines like "Go home  Spencer " and "Nazis are not welcome here."
"I'm not going home  I will stand here all day if I have to " a combative  Spencer  told the crowd.
People react as  Richard Spencer  speaks at the Phillips Center on Thursday in Gainesville  Florida.
Still  the heckling continued through  his  time on stage  leading to several moments of frustration from  Spencer .
The event thrust the university into the ongoing debate about what constitutes protected speech and the extent of its limits.  Spencer  is the president of the National Policy Institute  a leader of the "alt-right" movement and a proponent of the white nationalist movement that advocates for a white "awakening" and a white ethno-state.
Protesters held up signs against  Richard Spencer  in Gainesville.
University of Florida President W. Kent Fuchs denounced  Spencer 's white supremacist platform as abhorrent in a letter to students  but said the school could not stop him from renting the Phillips Center for the event.
Crowds gather outside  Richard Spencer's  speech at the Phillips Center at the University of Florida.
The vast majority of people out protesting were opposed to  Spencer  and  his  views. Craig Carlisle  from Gainesville  held up a sign saying "No Trump Nazis." He said he had a message for  Spencer : "Don't be racist."
Jamie Bell was one of many people protesting  Richard Spencer 's speech in Gainesville.
A man wearing a shirt with swastikas on it was punched by an unidentified person near the site of  a planned speech by Richard Spencer .
 White nationalist Richard Spencer  faced a vocal outcry at  his speech on Thursday .
In an interview with CNN on Tuesday   Spencer  said  he  was flattered by the state of emergency declaration  which  he  said put  him  on par with "hurricanes and invading armies and zombie apocalypses."
Still   he  said  he  thought the declaration was overkill.
(CNN) Protesters greeted   [TGT] with loud boos and chants of "Go home Spencer" during   [TGT]   speech Thursday afternoon at the University of Florida in Gainesville.
The talk was Spencer's first planned speech on a college campus since   [TGT]   and others participated in the " Unite the Right " rally in Charlottesville  Virginia  in August.
  [TGT] took the stage at the Phillips Center at just after 2:45 p.m. Those in the venue  many of whom stood with their fists raised  loudly booed and chanted lines like "Go home   [TGT]  " and "Nazis are not welcome here."
"I'm not going home  I will stand here all day if I have to " a combative  Spencer  told the crowd.
People react as   [TGT]   speaks at the Phillips Center on Thursday in Gainesville  Florida.
Still  the heckling continued through   [TGT]   time on stage  leading to several moments of frustration from  [TGT]  .
The event thrust the university into the ongoing debate about what constitutes protected speech and the extent of its limits.   [TGT] is the president of the National Policy Institute  a leader of the "alt-right" movement and a proponent of the white nationalist movement that advocates for a white "awakening" and a white ethno-state.
Protesters held up signs against   [TGT]   in Gainesville.
University of Florida President W. Kent Fuchs denounced   [TGT]  's white supremacist platform as abhorrent in a letter to students  but said the school could not stop him from renting the Phillips Center for the event.
Crowds gather outside   [TGT] 's  speech at the Phillips Center at the University of Florida.
The vast majority of people out protesting were opposed to   [TGT] and  his  views. Craig Carlisle  from Gainesville  held up a sign saying "No Trump Nazis." He said he had a message for   [TGT]  : "Don't be racist."
Jamie Bell was one of many people protesting   [TGT]  's speech in Gainesville.
A man wearing a shirt with swastikas on it was punched by an unidentified person near the site of  a planned speech by  [TGT]  .
 White nationalist  [TGT]   faced a vocal outcry at  his speech on Thursday .
In an interview with CNN on Tuesday   Spencer  said  he  was flattered by the state of emergency declaration  which  he  said put  him  on par with "hurricanes and invading armies and zombie apocalypses."
Still   he  said  he  thought the declaration was overkill.