Are Universities and Free Speech Compatible???

[petros]

The problem is that the term "free speech" like "political correctness" is a loaded term that's difficult to have a universal dialogue about. There is context to what kind of speech is appropriate and under what circumstances and even that is changing all the time.

Also, I really dislike this idea that we have to generalize an entire group just to make a point.

Couldn't this thread have just been about that one situation instead of turning it into some grand political statement about Universities infiltrating the minds of our youth with leftist propaganda?

I'm not so sure Tom Flanagan is the type to show up to class as a schemey leftist prof. and I'm sure he doesn't appreciate this delusion some people have that every academic body is conspiring to convert our kids to some political ideology.

300 year olds who've probably never attended university commenting on current university student politicai ideals is quite the statement all on it's own.

 

[EagleSmack]

No, anyway you slice it, it is absurd. Interrupting someone is rude and that is all. It is not an abridgement of their freedom of speech.

I did say earlier that what they did was not an arrestable offense. Rude indeed and they did it so he could not be heard and their actions would be so disruptive that he would have to stop speaking where he was invited to speak.

Sounds like I hit the nail on the head, lol.

Clearly so!

 

[gopher]

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Now let's get back to the issue of free speech:

People here might recall how Canada banned George Galloway from entering into its shores. Only after much agitation was he allowed in:


Galloway allowed into Canada - Canada - CBC News


In fact we had a thread on that issue. The majority of Canadians wanted to grant him entry and they won. This in spite of all the agitation from the minority right wing to the contrary. As one commentator wrote: "Despite strong headwinds, one little victory for free speech."

 

[petros]

I'm a hippy, not a right winger

Awwwwwwe Jesus! Don't make me get out the firehose.

 

[SLM]

Awwwwwwe Jesus! Don't make me get out the firehose.

Wet T-Shirt contest! Woo hoo!

 

[CDNBear]

Awwwwwwe Jesus! Don't make me get out the firehose.

I might be a hippy, but i do know how to use soap and water, lol.

 

[SLM]

I might be a hippy, but i do know how to use soap and water, lol.

More of a 'hippy on the inside' type eh? lol

 

[CDNBear]

More of a 'hippy on the inside' type eh? lol

Actually, more of a hippy that uses commonsense and doesn't like smelling like ***.

 

[SLM]

Actually, more of a hippy that uses commonsense and doesn't like smelling like ***.

Ah, a less trippy, more presentable hippy. Those are the best kind.

 

[CDNBear]

Ah, a less trippy, more presentable hippy. Those are the best kind.

I've always thought so, lol.

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

Ah, a less trippy, more presentable hippy. Those are the best kind.

I love Hollywood hippies! All the cool, groovy, tie-dyed and God's-eye stuff without the filth, stench, drug addiction, rape, STDs, and pregnancy.

 

[CDNBear]

I love Hollywood hippies! All the cool, groovy, tie-dyed and God's-eye stuff without the filth, stench, drug addiction, rape, STDs, and pregnancy.

Hollywood hippy?

Followed by a silly stereotypical "Hollywood hippy" description?

LOL

 

[petros]

What? No daisies?

 

[CDNBear]

What? No daisies?

Oh he forgot a few things for sure. But he's a young troll, give him time, he get better at embarrassing himself, lol.

 

[SLM]

I love Hollywood hippies! All the cool, groovy, tie-dyed and God's-eye stuff without the filth, stench, drug addiction, rape, STDs, and pregnancy.

Hollywood hippy???? Bear? Our CDNBear?

LMAO, you do have a lot to learn still don't you?

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

Hollywood hippy???? Bear? Our CDNBear?

LMAO, you do have a lot to learn still don't you?

I certainly do. Hanging around this corner of the universe for fifty-some years has taught me how little I know.

Kinda makes every day an adventure.

 

[CDNBear]

I certainly do. Hanging around this corner of the universe for fifty-some years has taught me how little I know.

How long will it be before you learn how to gather facts before you pass judgment?

Most people pick that up early on.

 

[SLM]

I certainly do. Hanging around this corner of the universe for fifty-some years has taught me how little I know.

Kinda makes every day an adventure.

Fifty some years huh? Would have thought you'd have picked up some observation skills in that kind of time.

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

Fifty some years huh? Would have thought you'd have picked up some observation skills in that kind of time.

Enough to observe that there are endless things I don't know.

 

[petros]

Ooooo. Kinda like when SkyNet became self aware on August 29 1997?