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A Rare Stand For Free Speech Over Political Correctness
Unpopular speech is what needs protection. Councilwoman Elisa Chan defended anti-gay remarks made during a
secretly recorded staff meeting, saying at a news conference Tuesday
that she won't change her “values or beliefs for political gain or
survival.” The statements mark Chan's first public appearance since San Antonio Express-News ... MORE
How Political Correctness Is Destroying America
Michael Snyder provides 19 shocking examples. If you say the “wrong thing” in America today, you could be penalized, fired or even taken to court. Political correctness is running rampant, and it is absolutely destroying this nation. In his novel 1984, George Orwell imagined a future world where speech was greatly restricted. ... MORE
Victor Davis Hanson: Hate Thought
Self-appointed liberal referees will decide. When do insensitive words destroy reputations? It all depends. Celebrity chef Paula Deen was dropped by her TV network, her publisher and many of her corporate partners after she testified in a legal deposition that she used the N-word some 30 years ago. The deposition was filed in a lawsuit against ... MORE
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Another Obama Assault On Free Speech
by Robert Spencer. The Obama Administration’s latest assault on the freedom of speech is
so audacious that it leaves me speechless – and that’s the idea. According to Politico,
Bill Killian, the Obama-appointed U.S. attorney for the Eastern
District of Tennessee, “is reportedly vowing to use federal civil rights
statutes to clamp down on offensive ... MORE
Red State: Political Correctness, Bullying And Other BS
Some lessons need to be learned: You can tell your child a million times, “don’t touch the stove, it’s hot,” or you can tell them once, let them touch it, and they quickly figure it out. Some will think I am evil, but the fact is it’s effective. Choices are a part of life; the wrong ones will burn you. Traditionally in America, we have always tried to make ... MORE
Can Judges Overrule Free Speech When Criticized?
Conservatives, liberals and media advocates say no. A group of free-speech advocates is rallying behind an Indiana inmate serving two years for his online rants against a judge who took away his child-custody rights during a divorce case. There’s no disputing that Daniel Brewington’s words were strong and angry -- found in hundreds of emails over ... MORE
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journalism,
judges,
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VIDEO: Censorship and "Unlearning Liberty"
Greg Lukianoff (FIRE), spoke with Reason TV's Nick Gillespie about his new book.
Absence Of Limits On Free Speech Promotes Tolerance
A lesson from Canada. Hardly was there time to celebrate the demise of Section 13, the infamous provision of the Canadian Human Rights Act prohibiting "communication of hate messages," before we were reminded this was not the only unwarranted restriction on freedom of speech on the books. Section 319.2 of the Criminal Code, for example, ... MORE
Jay Ambrose: Some Still Stand Up For Free Speech
Even when unpleasant truths are not sugar coated. Leftists are killing free speech by calling disagreements hate speech and finding ways to intimidate even those who facilitate debate. But one victim recently fought back, showing us some Americans will stand up for a principle giving truth a chance to emerge. Mark Stevens, I think, is someone to emulate. ... MORE
Will Sondermann: Free Speech Is Still A Fundamental Right
There is no right not to be offended. The First Amendment of the United States Constitution reads as follows: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government ... MORE
Daniel Allott: The Hate Crimes Farce
The threshold for a hate crime continues to decline. Have you ever used a racial slur? You may have two answers to that question. There's your initial visceral response: No! Of course not! Never! But then there's the response you'd give if you were being a little more honest: maybe... once or twice. So, if you have, does it make you a racist? In the court of ... MORE
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lawyers,
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political correctness,
race
Jonathan Turley: Free Speech Under Fire
First Amendment gives way to blasphemy and hate speech. The recent exchange between an atheist and a judge in a small courtroom in rural Pennsylvania could have come out of a Dickens novel. Magisterial District Judge Mark Martin was hearing a case in which an irate Muslim stood accused of attacking an atheist, Ernest Perce, because he was wearing a ... MORE
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culture,
free speech,
hate speech,
justice,
political correctness,
religion,
Sharia law
Associated Press: Fighting Sioux Nickname Back At N.D.
Free Speech 1 NCCA PC Police 0. The University of North Dakota resumed using its contentious Fighting Sioux nickname Wednesday even though it triggered NCAA sanctions, leaving some fans weary of the seven-year fight over a moniker that critics believe is demeaning. A law requiring the school to use its longtime nickname and logo, which shows ... MORE
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law enforcement,
liberty,
political correctness,
politics
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