brycejones
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Are you having a stroke?I guess so, but I’d that really free speech though?
Are you having a stroke?I guess so, but I’d that really free speech though?
Whether or not people should be allowed to use certain words in public? Sure sounds like free speech to me.
No that sounds like restricted speech.
Loaded question, and a poorly worded one at that. Asking for a black and white answer to a very grey issue tells us little about what any of these young people think. For example they asked which is more important, but they don't quantify that diversity could have a value of 10 and freedom of speech a value of 9.9 in levels of importance to them.
On the subject of blocking hate speech, that has always been the function of society and not of the government. We choose what is socially allowable and what isn't by letting it be known that certain things are no longer okay. There's a reason why you can't start dropping n-bombs in public today, there's a line where your speech crosses over into harassment or inflammatory behavior. Where that line gets drawn is entirely up to us.
This anti free speech narrative is a conservative talking point to push back on normal social progress. This is not a new phenomenon associated with millennials, it has always existed but with limited reach before the social media era.
No that sounds like restricted speech.
It's a strange way to ask the question but still pretty telling. This even moreso though:
Antifa?
Antifa?
Guess it goes to show we can't trust college educated voters, or anyone under the age of 21 to vote, amirite??
Time to take away their voting rights? I guess it's the same thing as restricting rifle sales for anyone under 21, right?
Trying to figure out where the triggered Right is going with this...
Triggered Right is probably scared by the upcoming student protest concerning school safety/guns in Washington, Fox has been complaining constantly about it. They are scared because students reminded them that they can vote too.Guess it goes to show we can't trust college educated voters, or anyone under the age of 21 to vote, amirite??
Time to take away their voting rights? I guess it's the same thing as restricting rifle sales for anyone under 21, right?
Trying to figure out where the triggered Right is going with this...
Yes, we know you love that false equivalency. I'm no great fan of Antifa. Other than protests against the G20, for example, they respond to fascists rather than staging confrontations on their own. You won't see them marching into conservative strongholds like the Alt-right did to progressives in Charlottesville & Berkeley. That's deliberate provocation & we all need to acknowledge it.
Murder? Would you call that a difference?"Fascist" has become a pretty broad term to encompass anyone they don't agree with, just like "commie" or "socialist" has on the right. Antifa has started some shit, I don't see what the difference is between what they do vs what the alt right group in Chancellorsville did (is there a difference?).
Which is more important to you, breathing or drinking? Please choose one!
And if you say one is more important, it obviously means you are completely against the other!
Which is more important to you, breathing or drinking? Please choose one!
And if you say one is more important, it obviously means you are completely against the other!
Murder? Would you call that a difference?
"Fascist" has become a pretty broad term to encompass anyone they don't agree with, just like "commie" or "socialist" has on the right. Antifa has started some shit, I don't see what the difference is between what they do vs what the alt right group in Chancellorsville did (is there a difference?).
The first amendment is already on life support.https://www.insidehighered.com/news...ity-inclusion-more-free-expression-study-says
Pretty striking and downright frighting if accurate. Freedom of speech being one of the cornerstones of democracy, it's amazing that people think like this. The First Amendment under attack, what a time to be alive!