Posted on 10/26/2019 9:09:15 AM PDT by rktman
Freedom of speech is in the First Amendment for a reason. Freedom begins with the ability to speak your opinion without fear of censorship or violent reprisal or imprisonment. This is a precious human right, not something that most countries in the world revere like we have. But here in America, free speech is most dangerously under attack in the one place you would not expect: the universities.
Dennis Prager and Adam Carolla have created a new documentary on the subject called No Safe Spaces. Prager announces near the outset that a Pew Research Center survey found 49 percent of college students do not support free speech if it’s designated as “hate speech.” He asked, “Do you know how moronic that is? The issue of free speech doesn’t apply to love speech. Nobody ever threatened love speech.”
Prager objects to people who say all humans yearn to be free. He said it's more common for humans to yearn to be taken care of. “We have raised a generation to believe that to be taken care of is more important than liberty.”
The documentary includes Carolla testifying before Congress about the current generation on campus. “They grew up dipped in Purell, playing soccer games where they never kept score, and watching Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! And we’re asking them to be mature.” He can’t stand the idea that radical students are running the campus, while the administrators surrender. “We need the adults to start being the adults.”
(Excerpt) Read more at newsbusters.org ...
We rarely get the limited release movies here in Reno.
Yeah, I guess youtube or order a dvd copy when available. We did see the Dinesh D’Souza movie here though. Of course preaching to the choir audience.
Dennis Prager and Adam Carolla are radicals!
They want free speech and stuff.
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