Where free speech should be promoted, free speech is under attack

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Where free speech should be promoted, free speech is under attack

By Rachel L. Brand

Published January 25, 2018
FoxNews.com

Free speech is under attack at college campuses across the country.  The problem is not limited to a few colleges barring radical speakers to avoid a riot.  Universities large and small, public and private, are restricting students’ and professors’ speech or enabling others to silence speech with which they disagree.

These restrictions take a variety of forms.  For example, speech codes at many colleges ban speech that is “offensive,” a subjective standard that allows college administrators to arbitrarily ban speech they find disagreeable. For example, Georgia Gwinnett College stopped a student from speaking about his religious faith because it “disturbed the comfort of persons” – even after he had gotten a permit from the school to speak.
 

http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2018/01/25/where-free-speech-should-be-promoted-free-speech-is-under-attack.html

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Liberals are big on not disturbing  or hurting the feelings of others. Or so they say.
But as  Prof. Jordan Peterson demonstrated in his crushing debate win over British tv news host Cathy Newman she had no problems putting him on the spot and trying to make him uncomfortable  with a series of nasty questions and unproven assumptions which Peterson easily rebutted making Newman look like a fool.
But that's hypocritical libs for you...it's alright if they make you or conservative groups feel uncomfortable, but not them or their pet groups.
But as Peterson said further, making people uncomfortable is the essence of free speech, and he gave Newman one hundred percent permission to ask tough questions.
And as Steven Crowder also said, feelings do not trump free speech rights.