The dividing line is not as clear as some college students would like to believe.
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Free Speech v. Hate SpeechBy lex, on March 18th, 2009
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Political correctness is the handmaiden of Islamic terrorism.
I remember (a little) back when the liberal University students protested and rioted in the name of free speech. Now Universities are bastions of Free Speech; as long as it’s the right kind.
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For some inexplicable reason the link doesn’t work, but if you want to see an even WORSE example, (if that’s possible–which it unfortunately always is in this PC day & age) head on over to Townhall.com and click on the Mike Adams report: “The Mckenzie Retort” about the goings-on at Spokane Falls Comm. College. It’ll water your eyes…
In my “glass is half-full” outlook, I read some of the 40 comments on the link and was moderately pleased to see that the readers of the blog were in overall agreement that it was a case of thin-skinned folks reacting to something that differed form their “reality.”
Personally, I think the poster is a great message and reminds me of a sign I saw on a bus in Seattle a decade ago. It was a photo of a puppy, with the words something to the effect – hate is learned.
Simple, true and powerful