It makes sense when you realize that about 90% of handwringing about free speech from right-wingers is just them wanting the window of acceptable political speech to be taken a few notches to the right, not a general widening the scope of what people can say without social sanction.
It makes sense when you realize that about 90% of handwringing about free speech from right-wingers is just them wanting the window of acceptable political speech to be taken a few notches to the right, not a general widening the scope of what people can say without social sanction.
One of the more silly things they believe is that they are persecuted because the right wing does not have the same representation as тАШthe leftтАЩ This is false because almost all econ and most policy sci and IR departments would qualify as right wing. However, the right moved further right so the conservative view isnтАЩt held by many Republicans now. Also, we have business schools on many campuses, etc. In addition, we have very few тАШtruly leftтАЩ professors. However, we do have a high concentration of people that vote Democrat. But itтАЩs also not necessarily something we can do much about in a free society! You have to persuade people of your views. They arenтАЩt persuading people of their views. It just seems very silly to think that the failure to persuade enough people in a certain sector of society where everyone is very evidence-sensitive and you deny the theory of evolution, climate change, etc. turns out to be THEIR FAULT.
It makes sense when you realize that about 90% of handwringing about free speech from right-wingers is just them wanting the window of acceptable political speech to be taken a few notches to the right, not a general widening the scope of what people can say without social sanction.
"Until I can say the N-word in public without fear of social sanction, no man is truly free."
"However, those that call people racists must provide specific evidence otherwise they should be sued for defamation"
One of the more silly things they believe is that they are persecuted because the right wing does not have the same representation as тАШthe leftтАЩ This is false because almost all econ and most policy sci and IR departments would qualify as right wing. However, the right moved further right so the conservative view isnтАЩt held by many Republicans now. Also, we have business schools on many campuses, etc. In addition, we have very few тАШtruly leftтАЩ professors. However, we do have a high concentration of people that vote Democrat. But itтАЩs also not necessarily something we can do much about in a free society! You have to persuade people of your views. They arenтАЩt persuading people of their views. It just seems very silly to think that the failure to persuade enough people in a certain sector of society where everyone is very evidence-sensitive and you deny the theory of evolution, climate change, etc. turns out to be THEIR FAULT.