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Easier to remain silent often , but intent and context and patterns of behavior matter, a real commitment to liberal values means open dialogue that doesnt immediately assume the worst about people who say disagreeable things. as the head of pan america cautioned, if suspensions were prompted solely by offensive speech rather than bias conduct, they could add to the existing sense of chill in our public discourse regarding sensitive topics. the drive to appease upset stake holders must not overr...

Are done, its offensive speech, the speech is irrelevant from his abusive but thats a subjective policy so the injunction was issued against that policy but i think parents concerns now, you have policies so subjective if you get the federal government involved because school board members dont like your opinion and therefore labels them as abusive or offensive, its a real problem. paul: where was this? >> in pennsylvania. paul: okay, outside lid off you, north of philadelphia. bill, is this goi...

When are we going to put an end to this. freedom of speech is against offensive speech. people offend me all the time, i dont care i move on. i grow from it, tell them off, move on. its pretty concerning this is where were at right now >> greg: sean is there anything that needs to be done to toughen up these college kids? like prison? >> well, prison unfortunately doesnt even toughen up our bad guys. i have a 19 year old son and ive tried to teach him from growing up, man, you dont have to like ...

When does it end? when are we going to put an end to this. freedom of speech is against offensive speech. people offend me all the time, i dont care i move on. i grow from it, tell them off, move on. its pretty concerning this is where were at right now >> greg: sean is there anything that needs to be done to toughen up these college kids? like prison? >> well, prison unfortunately doesnt even toughen up our bad guys. i have a 19 year old son and ive tried to teach him from growing up, man, you ...

Differently from you, were racist, and any time someone speaking differently from the rebel rawsers on the left, were racist. well, were not racist. we believe in free speech, and we believe in replying to offensive speech. now, this whole notion that peoples speech is offensive because they disagree with you, no, they may be offensive because they disagree with you, they disagree with the government, they does agree with group hatreds, they disagree with your political agenda, but they have a r...

I dont think -- any time someone speaks differently from the rabble-rousers on the left, we are racist or we are not racist. we believe ins free speech and we believe in replying to offensive speech. now this notion that people speech is offensive because they disagree with you, no. that would be offensive because they disagree with you or the government, and your political agenda. but they have a right to speak. >> this is -- free speech has determined that you cant yell fire in a crowded theat...

This last semester i wasnt allowed to speak a two universities, cornell university and depaul university. they cited safety concerns when i spoke at university of california berkeley last spring and we had to spend $15,000 for security to allow us to have our viewpoint expressed. too often universities site security concerns as a way to suppress differing opinion. its not just a conservative issue. i want you to be able to talk about different opinions, college campuses should be a marketplace o...

And its simple, easy, awesome. ♪ >> where should the line be drawn? wh >> what do you think the line should be drawn what should be allowed and what crosses the line and shouldnt be allowed? >> if it is hateful and disrespectful to specific groups it is not okay. >> im allowed to be as respectful? right? >> first amendment says i can speak out. >> if you want to be [bleep] >> that is your life choice. >> i dont think it is illegal, being a blank whole. students saying offensive speech should n...

For it right now. all right. thanks. the house will likely vote on an anti-semitism resolution in the wake of comments by israel made by congressman ilhan omar. it has ig night a debate amongst house democrats. senior democrats and some younger colleagues believe omar is being singled out for her rhetoric. new york congressman alexandria ocasio-cortez questioned why there havent been other resolutions condemning offensive speech such as islamophobia in the past. nancy pelosi told top democrats...

What can the government do? >> theres a free-speech crisis on college campuses and our job at the department of justice is to defend, protect, and advance the constitution, the bill of rights. where there are lawsuits against colleges and universities that are violating students or professors free-speech rights, were getting involved. we filed statements of interest set in every case the school either settled because they knew they were wrong or the court sided with our position. >> shannon: som...