This guy can speak his mind
But not this guy
Liberal colleges - Where freedom of speech is cool as long as you agree with what they believe in. And this not letting people speak is nothing new. Off the top of my head - Ann Coulter and Pat Buchanan have both been bood off the stage and pies have been thrown at them. When was the last time a conservative bood off the liberal and threw something at them. And liberals are considered the educated/smart ones.
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I think the last time was earlier today outside an abortion clinic.
how doe what your talking about relate to free speech at a college.
Not even close the same thing. Im sure there are examples though. Email Aaron Sorkin no doubt he has examples.
I think it's a perfectly fair parrallel. The students that rushed the stage at the college talk are the type of stupid, loud-mouthed, extremist 'liberals' that most real liberals are embarassed by. And the people standing outside abortion clinics yelling insults at pregnant teens and holding up pictures of dead fetuses are the type of stupid, loud-mouthed, extremist 'conservatives' that most real conservatives are embarassed by.
I think it's a perfectly apt comparison.
Once again - we are talking about free speech at liberal universities. What dialogue is accepted and not accepted at these schools.
Not wackos outside abortion clinics.
We're not talking about the university censoring these people- in fact, a university group invited them there to speak. We're talking about a bunch of hippy students - wackos- rushing the stage, completely independant of theu niversity or it's policies. I still fail to see the distinction.
We are actually talking about a general attitude at colleges where liberal ideas are encouraged and anything opposite is discouraged. It happens with speakers, professors, and clubs that are opposite the liberal norm. Look it up there are many examples of this.
How is this hard to understand.
I should like to point out.
Preventing people from using their explicit freedom of speech is very clearly different than a group of people denouncing another group of people exercising their generously interpreted meaning of an implied right.
That is abortion is legal becasue of a rather generous interpretation of an implied right to privacy. Of which your group doesnt even stop, just berates.
Speaking is legal because of an explicitly stated right to free speech. Of which Diatribe's group actualy stops.
Not the same thing. Not even close.
I think your argument for equivalence is based more in not wanting to admit your wrong then thinking you are correct.
Never seen you do that before.
I was actually answering the posted question:
"When was the last time a conservative bood off the liberal and threw something at them"
In which case I thikn my comparison was pretty good.
If you want to talk about the actual school situation I agree that's different.
In that case I would say maybe somethign like the Rush Limbaugh or Dr. Laura show, or indeed almost any 'editorial' program on Fox News, where anyone espousing a liberal opinion is likely to get called an idiot and have their microphone cut off.
You went from terrible to horrifyingly bad.
You state:
I was actually answering the posted question:
"When was the last time a conservative bood off the liberal and threw something at them"
In which case I thikn my comparison was pretty good.
Its not clear what it means to boo a woman off the stage when she is entering an abortion clinic. So far as I know such clincs donat have stages, or i should say what purpose would they serve.
If you meant figuratively by booed of the stage please see my previous post.
Its okay to say your wrong, you were probably in a hurry and didnt think through what you typed. Demonstrating a willlingness to admit your wrong makes your subsquent argument more compelling.
Oh, please. I admit there's not a literal translation involving a stage and someone leaving it. But I'm sure women have been scared away form clinics by conservatives yelling and throwing things at them. More to the point, Tetween he question was directed at the idea of contrasting standards of civil discourse and open-mindedness between liberals and conservatives, and I think my example speaks to that question.
Now I've agreed I was wrong in using it as an exact parralel, since you want to draw a distinction between discouraging speech and discouraging legal actions. Fine. Then in response to the original question, let me pose this question: When was the last time a liberal was even asked to speak at a conservative institution?
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