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[quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele]

Here is an example of the limits of free expression in America:

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/13/world/middleeast/professors-angry-tweets-on-gaza-cost-him-a-job.html

"The trustees of the University of Illinois voted on Thursday to block the appointment of Steven Salaita, a Palestinian-American professor who had been offered a tenured position last year, following a campaign by pro-Israel students, faculty members and donors who contended that his Twitter comments on the bombardment of Gaza this summer were anti-Semitic."

I don't think his tweets were anti-Semitic. But, let's assume they were. Should we all tweet anti-Semitic tweets in order to, in your words, "the right to speech that someone, somewhere might deem offensive."

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Jeesh, there is no need to defend Steven Salaita's right to speech because he can still say whatever he wants.        He is just not guaranteed to have the job he wants.

Now if he were put in jail -- or murdered -- for his speech,  then yes I would consider repeating his tweets and hope that others would do the same.  [/quote]

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