A liberal stands up for liberty. This is a book that had to be written — by a liberal. It won’t help Kirsten Powers for a conservative to say this, either. But in writing The Silencing: How the Left Is Killing Free Speech Ms. Powers has done a service to liberals — if they even understand her significant contribution, which is doubtful. She is a profile in ... MORE
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Showing posts with label free expression. Show all posts
Mallory Millett: Why I Love 'Hate Speech'
I love Pamela Geller. I have known and loved her for years. She is a great American! If only everyone who has the honor of calling himself American could grow courage like hers we would be un-terrorizable as a nation. Pamela gets that we are at war and stands as an example for those of us who have lost our way. Many of you under fifty have ... MORE
Warren Beatty: Is The End Of Free Speech Near?
Want hate speech laws? Go to hell. The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution states (in part): "Congress shall make no law ... abridging the freedom of speech[.]" Regarding free speech, the U.S. Supreme Court, in 1964, with unanimity, said: "... we consider this case [NEW YORK TIMES CO. v. SULLIVAN, 376 U.S. 254] against the background of a ... MORE
Pamela Geller’s Critics Are Proving Her Point
by David French. Let’s be clear: The great freak-out over Pamela Geller’s “draw Muhammad” contest isn’t about love for Islam or for robust and respectful religious pluralism. Indeed, many of those expressing anguish over blasphemy against Islam show no such concern over even the most vile attacks on the Christian faith. Beyond that, they’re ... MORE
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First Amendment,
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Islam,
Muslim,
religion,
terrorism
Federal Court Strikes Down 'No-Speech Zone' That Let Deputies Confiscate Political Signs On Private Property
by Nick Sibilla. A small business owner who had his political signs confiscated by the government won a First Amendment lawsuit last month in federal court. John Russell owns an auto body shop in Cold Spring, Ky., not far from Cincinnati. He allowed the candidates he supported—both Democrats and Republicans—to put up political signs on his ... MORE
Rich Lowry: Why Won’t Pamela Geller Shut Up?
Real hate speech is shut up or I'll kill you. How dare Pamela Geller get targeted by terrorists bent on committing mass murder. That’s been the reaction of a portion of the opinion elite to news that Geller’s “draw Muhammad” contest in Garland, Texas, was (unsuccessfully) assaulted by two heavily armed Muslim men in an attack the ... MORE
S E Cupp: Houston Rockets, Emojis & Political Correctness
Stick a fork in us. We are done. Political correctness has finally corrupted rational thought and common sense to the point that garden variety sports trash talk is a firing offense. Consider the case of Chad Shanks. He was hired to grow the Houston Rockets’ social media presence. By all accounts, Shanks had done a good job, posting edgy ... MORE
Stop Pretending To Be Offended By Everything
by David Hansanyi. Lena Dunham received plenty of criticism for her insufferable New Yorker piece titled "Dog or Jewish Boyfriend? A Quiz." In it, the creator of Girls
weighs the pros and cons of getting a pet or keeping her Jewish
boyfriend: "He doesn't tip," and "he never brings his wallet anywhere,"
and so on. The jokes may tell us something about ... MORE
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free expression,
free speech,
Jews,
liberalism,
offend,
political correctness,
society,
stereotypes
Tim Dunkin: Bake Us A Cake Or We'll Murder Your Children
Modern liberalism is fundamentally illiberal. The evidences for this can be clearly seen all around us. There are hardly any basic areas of the liberty of the individual which today's progressives – in both parties – haven't trampled in their on-going efforts to destroy America That Was and replace it with a progressive utopian version in which individual ... MORE
Jaana Woiceshyn: ‘Sensitivity’ Versus Freedom of Speech
Weak minds fear free speech. Recently my MBA business ethics class discussed the case of the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo as well as the case of the Danish Mohammed cartoons published in 2006. Somebody also brought up Sony and its movie The Interview. We had just covered the virtue of integrity: loyalty to rational principles. ... MORE
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censorship,
free expression,
free speech,
government,
integrity,
offend,
principles,
terrorism
After Copenhagen: The Myth of Civilized Censorship
by Brendan O'Neill. Hate speech laws legitimize violence against those who offend. The two recent acts of censorship-by-murder in Europe—first at the offices of Charlie Hebdo in Paris, and then at a free-speech debate in Copenhagen—have put the continent's political classes in a pickle. For as much as European rulers want to, and do, condemn the brutal ... MORE
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censorship,
Daesh,
free expression,
free speech,
hate crime,
hate speech,
intolerance,
terrorism
Steven Pinker: Why Free Speech Is Fundamental
Ideas matter. More than two
centuries after freedom of speech was enshrined in the First Amendment
to the Constitution, that right is very much in the news. Campus speech
codes, disinvited commencement speakers, jailed performance artists,
exiled leakers, a blogger condemned to a thousand lashes by one of our
closest allies, and the ... MORE
Rapper Faces Long Prison Stretch Over Unpopular Speech
by Emma Lacey-Bordeaux. If only there was a First Amendment. Song lyrics that glorify violence are hardly uncommon. But a prosecutor in California says one rapper's violent lyrics go beyond creative license to conspiracy. San Diego-based rapper Tiny Doo has already spent eight months in prison, and faces 25 years to life in prison if convicted ... MORE
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crime,
First Amendment,
free expression,
free speech,
justice,
persecution,
prison,
prosecute
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