The sad decline of American principles. I witnessed something genuinely
disturbing at Trinity College Dublin last night: trendy, middle-class,
liberal students cheering and whooping a man who had just given the
closest thing I have yet heard to a justification for the massacre at Charlie Hebdo. It was as part of a debate on the right
to offend. I was ... MORE
Showing posts with label free speech. Show all posts
Showing posts with label free speech. Show all posts
Brendan O'Neill: Contempt For Free Speech - Why Are Students Cheering About The Massacre At Charlie Hebdo?
The sad decline of American principles. I witnessed something genuinely
disturbing at Trinity College Dublin last night: trendy, middle-class,
liberal students cheering and whooping a man who had just given the
closest thing I have yet heard to a justification for the massacre at Charlie Hebdo. It was as part of a debate on the right
to offend. I was ... MOREConstitution Be Damned! Obama Administration And U.N. Announce Global Police Force To Fight ‘Extremism’ In U.S.
by Pamela Geller. On Wednesday, Attorney General Loretta Lynch announced at the United Nations that her office would be working in several American cities to form what she called the Strong Cities Network (SCN), a law enforcement initiative that would encompass the globe. This amounts to nothing less than the overriding of American laws, ... MOREWalter E Williams: Suppressing Free Speech
The end to a political goal. I receive loads of mail in response to my weekly nationally syndicated column. Some recent mail has been quite disturbing. Here's a sample: "Given your support of freedom on a great many issues, I wish to bring to your attention the following George Mason University staff who have formally called on the President to ... MOREWhat Ben Carson Means By Political Correctness
by Kevin Drum. Here is Ben Carson on Wednesday: At a campaign event in New Hampshire, Carson noted that many people believe a situation like what took place in Germany in the 1930's and 1940's could never happen in America. "I beg to differ," Carson said. "If you go back and look at the history of the world, tyranny and despotism and how it starts, ... MORERachelle Peterson: Divesting From Free Speech
Environmentalists shut down debate on campus. Students campaigning to get universities to divest from fossil fuels are in two minds about free speech. They want it for themselves, but don’t seem keen on free speech for their opponents. The divestment movement didn’t invent free-speech hypocrisy, but divestment activists offer a range of ... MOREReplace Political Correctness With Common Sense
by Guillermo Garcia. This group think, political correctness imbecility just hit a new low. Curt Schilling, former professional baseball player and now ESPN color commentator, tweeted that he thought Muslim extremists were no better than Nazis. Mr. Schilling was called on the carpet by the bosses at ESPN and the next day he issued a statement in which ... MOREProtect Free Speech Inside And Outside Of Courtrooms
Because justice is a result, not just a process. In 2012, an 80-year-old retired chemistry professor was indicted on jury tampering charges for passing out brochures in a plaza outside a federal courthouse in New York. Those brochures regarded "jury nullification," an option available to jurors who might agree that a defendant broke the ... MOREJohn W. Whitehead: Sheep Led To The Slaughter
The muzzling of free speech in America. “If the freedom of speech be taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.” —George Washington The architects of the American police state must think we’re idiots. With every passing day, we’re being moved further down the road towards a totalitarian society ... MOREPadding The Stats: 'Remarks About Physical Appearance' Considered 'Sexual Violence' In Rutgers Student Survey
Failing to differentiate rude remarks from forcible rape. A new survey of Rutgers University students reinforces the idea that one in four college women will be victims of sexual assault... but only if you don't look at the study too closely. Zoom in and you'll find the same problems that plague so much research about sex crimes on college ... MOREDenver Concedes Distributing Jury Nullification Pamphlets Near A Courthouse Is Constitutionally Protected Speech
by Jacob Sullum. But, it still won't drop charges against those arrested for doing so. Yesterday a federal judge in Denver issued
a preliminary injunction protecting the First Amendment rights of
activists who want to distribute jury nullification pamphlets outside
the Lindsey-Flanigan Courthouse. Two activists, Mark Iannicelli and Eric Brandt,
did ... MOREAP: Federal Court To Hear Challenge To Jury Nullification
Free speech under assault. A federal judge is scheduled to hear evidence in a lawsuit arguing that a Denver judge cannot bar people from telling potential jurors outside a courthouse that they have a right to ignore laws they believe are wrong. Attorney David Lane filed a lawsuit against the city and Denver police, asking a federal judge to ... MOREPaul Detrick: Do Rappers Have 1st Amendment Protection?
After all, popular speech needs no protection. The movie Straight Outta Compton, which opens this weekend, dramatizes the emergence of southern California hip-hop rap group N.W.A. In 1988, the group's album of the same name popularized gangsta rap music with lyrics detailing the realities of life in gang-ridden South Central L.A. ... MOREWalter E Williams: Academic Fascism II
Anti-free speech and racist diversity policies. Last week's column highlighted college campus absurdities and the ongoing attack on free speech and plain common sense. As parents gear up to fork over $20,000 to $60,000 for college tuition, they might benefit from knowing what greets their youngsters. Deceitful college officials, who ... MORECollege Codes Make 'Color Blindness' A Microaggression
Inciting hyper racial consciousness. There are many mad and worrying things about the speech codes
spreading across campuses like a contagious brain funk. There's their
treatment of even everyday words as "problematic" terms of abuse.
There's the branding of the most anodyne forms of friendly banter as
"aggressive" (apparently it is a ... MORESome Americans Refuse To Give Up On Confederate Flag
by Mark Scolforo. A symbol of rebellion to some. Many Americans assumed the Confederate flag was retired for good after governors in South Carolina and Alabama removed it from their statehouses this summer and presidential candidates from both parties declared it too divisive for official display. But people still fly it, and not just in the South. ... MOREMartin Armstrong: The End Of Freedom Of Speech In Spain
'1984' comes to Europe, next stop ... Spain has shown that it is fully on board with the Brussels authoritarian direction of ending democracy. Those in power have simply convinced themselves that the people do not understand what is good for them so they must impose their will upon the people but raw force. How does this differ in any ... MORE
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