Posted on 09/23/2017 9:26:54 AM PDT by kevcol
At Berkeley, there are both unequivocal voices championing the importance of free speech, no matter how inflammatory, and professors who say lines need to be drawn on campuses. These professors argue that the First Amendment needs to be reassessed for reasons that include the rise of internet trolling and cyberbullying and that some scientific research now shows that hateful speech can cause physical pain.
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Did you think of it yourself? I can't find its source with Google.
Very good. Top-notch, like Kenny Rogers' The Gambler.
Thank you so much. It took me about fifteen minutes to write and post.
Classic question: if that leftist professor had a student say that hearing pro-Left speech caused him physical pain, would the professor be accommodating? Or would he throw the guy out of his class.
A modest proposal to add to the first day of freshman orientation at U.C. @ Berkeley:
“Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.”
Repeat 5 times.
Mark
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