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Chop federal funding if colleges won’t sign ‘pledge’ to respect free speech, lawmakers told
The College Fix ^
| April 5, 2017
| Kayla Schierbecker
Posted on 04/05/2017 11:34:51 AM PDT by Twotone
“I used to tell my students that free speech is like an apple, and everybody wants to just take one bite out of it,” a first-term Democratic lawmaker said at a congressional hearing on campus free speech Tuesday.
They would say things like “‘I’m okay with free speech except for sexist speech, except for racist speech,’” according to Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland, a former professor of constitutional law at American University.
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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Maryland
KEYWORDS: 115th; educationfunding; freespeech; highereducation; jamieraskin; speechcodes
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posted on
04/05/2017 11:34:51 AM PDT
by
Twotone
To: Twotone
ANY SCHOOL THAT ACCEPTS PUBLIC MONEY MUST MAKE TEACHER SALARIES PUBLIC
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posted on
04/05/2017 11:36:43 AM PDT
by
Mr. K
(***THERE IS NO CONSEQUENCE OF OBAMACARE REPEAL THAT IS WORSE THAN KEEPING IT ONE MORE DAY***)
To: Twotone
This guy isn’t going to last long in the Democratic Party.
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posted on
04/05/2017 11:39:05 AM PDT
by
Opinionated Blowhard
("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
To: Opinionated Blowhard
This guy isn’t going to last long in the Democratic Party.There. I fixed it.
There is nothing "democratic" about the American Marxist Party.
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posted on
04/05/2017 12:12:07 PM PDT
by
Gritty
(They can't run us over if we don't let them in or bomb us if we don't let them stay. - D. Greenfield)
To: Twotone
There should not be any federal funding of colleges anyway! They must make it using their own resources! Period! All we are funding are the teacher pension funds, just like school levies!
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posted on
04/05/2017 12:17:04 PM PDT
by
SgtHooper
(If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!)
To: Twotone
Will they REALLY do it or just ***TALK ABOUT IT***?
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posted on
04/05/2017 12:20:16 PM PDT
by
CincyRichieRich
(Drain the swamp. Build the wall. Open the Pizzagate. I refuse to inhabit any safe space.)
To: CincyRichieRich
Just noticed your name——I have a Richie Rich here from March,1972.
My youngest loved them.
.
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posted on
04/05/2017 12:24:07 PM PDT
by
Mears
To: Mears
Just noticed your name——I have a Richie Rich here from March,1972.
My youngest loved them.
Wow, I had about 200 of them; loved them and wish I still did!
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posted on
04/05/2017 12:46:07 PM PDT
by
CincyRichieRich
(Drain the swamp. Build the wall. Open the Pizzagate. I refuse to inhabit any safe space.)
To: Twotone; Abundy; Albion Wilde; AlwaysFree; AnnaSASsyFR; bayliving; BFM; Bigg Red; ...
They would say things like “‘I’m okay with free speech except for sexist speech, except for racist speech,’” according to Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland, a former professor of constitutional law at American UniversityMaryland "Freak State" PING!
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posted on
04/05/2017 1:07:07 PM PDT
by
Tolerance Sucks Rocks
(April 2006 Message from Dan: http://www.dansimmons.com/news/message/2006_04.htm)
To: Twotone
There should be a set of criteria on every tax payer dollar given or loaned for any and all purposes.
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posted on
04/05/2017 1:22:23 PM PDT
by
elpadre
(AfganistaMr Obama said the goal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-hereQaeda" and its allies.)
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