Category: Free Speech (?)
How Does This Happen?
I’ve seen this story from the University of Delaware about five or six times in the past couple days. Every time I see it I wonder what educator in their right mind could possibly accept the coercive reeducation of young people under their charge? What strange little switch in their heads flipped over to “totalitarian” [...]
Free-ish Speech
It appears that the multi-culti left, as personified in the administration of George Washington University doesn’t support free speech nearly as much as it claims. Not only is it willing to censor speech it decides is racist “hate speech” but its decision to censor such speech appears to be entirely dictated by the political ideology [...]
Freedom of Insincere Religion (Updated with Bonus Stumbling Explanation)
I heard two news stories on two different radio stations this morning. See if you can spot the common thread. 1) Last spring, Erica Corder was the valedictorian of her graduating class at a high school in Colorado. As such, her speech was vetted by school officials. However, when she got up to speak, she [...]
Free Speech? What’s That?
Well, you know what they say: If you can’t beat ‘em bring the government in to shut ‘em down. It’s kind of interesting how this is gearing up as we approach the 2008 election.
We Strain at a Gnat, but Swallow a Camel
This, I believe, is important. The rule of thumb for a free society should be that it infringes liberties rarely, but when it does so it is for important reasons. Today, that thumb has been cast down, Caesar-like, pointing in the opposite direction. We have democratized the small assaults on freedom so that everyone must [...]
Sundry Samples: Free-ish Speech
A couple quick hits from the guys who apparetnly really like Free Speech, at least until it becomes speech they don’t like. 1) Donald Sensing gives us the details on barring the Confederate battle flag from a historical commemoration. Read it for no other reason than to enjoyh Sensing’s take on establishing “free speech zones”. [...]
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