
I’m a free speech advocate and I think other than direct threat (“I’m going to kill you”), any speech should be allowed. People should be able to speak out about Lia Thomas without fear of repercussion. Anti-Israel protests should be allowed. Anything that doesn’t cause direct harm (and I don’t mean hurt feelings) should be allowed. It’s all or nothing for me. |
Even slurs? |
Elise Stefanik and the rest of the GOP loudmouths disagree. |
Yup. Even slurs. None of this “we’re reclaiming the word so we can say it but you can’t” bs. To be clear, I don’t use slurs and I teach my kids not to either. But let’s be real - they’re just words. No worse that “fat” or “ugly” or “stupid.” |
Ok and? |
And no one cares what you think. |
I was responding to PP. I am a free speech defender and I am not complaining to the government about speech I don’t like. You must have missed that part. |
Should Jewish students not have a safe campus environment and not be able to walk across campus without threats? |
This is about how Stefanik and the rest of the GOP are a bunch of hypocrites. It's not about you. |
The "polite" Jew haters here will respond with gaslighting claims that the threats aren't real. |
Are you a minority by any chance? |
My point is it’s not all of the rest of the GOP. Some on this thread even. |
On the flip side, some will view any utterance as a threat to stifle any kind of dissenting voices. |
Are you under the impression that the speech-suppression tools and departments built by these schools should only be used for speech you like? If you build up an apparatus of censorship and speech suppression, of course people of all political persuasions will use it. The right is using the tools that the left put into position and built up for many years. Why should they not? |
Are there GOP elected officials defending the free speech rights of these students and calling out the likes of Stefanik? I have not seen any. Do you have an example? |