The problem with “free speech culture,” as opposed to free speech law, is that it is fuzzy and malleable and can be manipulated like this to say “Richard Spencer talking was essential to healthy and productive debate but kids protesting Gaza is disruptive, intimidating, and discriminatory.”
A true democracy has to support equal stupidity from both sides.
All part of the myth of white supremacy's benevolence/beneficence, i.e., "western civilization."
Duress. LOL.
@kenwhite.bsky.social can't agree. we just need to better clarify when it becomes harassment or goes beyond speech and have more people brave enough to call their own sides out. the university presidents were making this distinction, after years of not doing so with conservative speakers. and […]
/2 I am encouraged to give the Chancellor the benefit of the doubt, the benefit of a presumption of good faith, the protection of the cordiality of a formal debate. I would prefer not to.
We should stop catering to right-wingers and stop using their definition of "free speech" - call it what it is - endless promotion of fascism.
Welcome to maga fascism. We decide what’s true, control the narrative at all times, and seriously hurt you when you refuse us.
Excellent question.
Shits crazy right, the kids definitely won’t be radicalized by this blatant hypocrisy