Posted on 12/13/2023 9:11:18 AM PST by Angelino97
“This is because the value of free speech has been elevated to a near-sacred level on university campuses.”
Huh?
Restrict Free Speech? Great. Another democrat/totalitarian idiot notion from the Compost.
Look. Allow these idiots to praise Nazi/Hamas terrorists all day long.
Just let them know (and see) there are dire consequences to their idiot speech.
I especially like that law firms are denying jobs to idiots who support Hamas.
More free speech so we know them by their fruits.
How will you know somebody is an antisemite if you don’t let them spout their antisemitism?
Bull. This is a false equivalency. It asserts that pro-israel speech is just as hateful as support for exterminating jews.
Let us find out just how much the universities love free speech.
Have someone broadcast Alex Jones on any campus over a loudspeaker—and watch what happens next.
;-)
No. We need MUCH better education, open and honest discussion and examination of the facts.
To fight Islamaphobia, perhaps we should restrict the practice of Islam.
Wrong conclusion. I am gonna guess the dreck was written by a liberal.
Speech is not the problem. Intimidation, harassment, direct calls for violence against whole groups of people, occupation of buildings, and preventing the daily business of the university that is the problem.
As abhorrent as it is students have the right to peacefully demonstrate and give speeches either in support of Palestine and against Israel. “Hate speech” is too often in the eye of the beholder and is used as to bludgeon opinions that do not fit a current (usually Leftist) narrative.
Behavior that violates a code of conduct or the law is more obvious and should be less debatable no matter the culprit.
Failure to prosecute those who are in violation of the above is the problem. Not free speech.
That would be news to many Conservative student groups. Especially those who speak against abortion.
I agree. I think the real, underlying problem is that radical leftist faculty members actually TEACH the students to hate Jews and Judaism, just like the Palestinians TEACH their children to hate Jews and Judaism. (Christian hate is not far behind.)
Pretty sure threats of violence is already frowned upon.
What a steaming pile of Obama.
Heck NO!
So now the ridiculous ‘safe space’ bubble is expanding to the whole University?
The whole point of a University is learning and the free exchange of ideas.
So as horrible as it sounds, I support the free speech of Neonazis, BLM, Farrakhan, LBGTQ?, even radical muslims. They all have free speech.
Already there.
Bad, ugly speech is defeated with more bad, ugly speech.
The leftist running the campuses consider sharing opposing views to be de facto violence.
but use the wrong pronoun
“The idea that free speech is treated as “near-sacred” on college campuses is beyond absurd.”
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