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Attack on free speech. laura: permanent bureaucracy to enforce the new speech code, if you transgress the speech code, you will be canceled from public life. columbia university is encouraging students to snitch on classmates for ms. jen during. >> asking for and using correct pronouns is a way to respect those around you and create an inclusive environment, intentionally miss gender ring someone by refusing to use the correct pronoun is a violation of the columbia university nondiscrimination p...

You are engaging in something that is anti-free speech or engaging in the creation of a speech code, what is your response to people who make that type of argument typically from the left and basically say parents shouldnt have any kind of a role in directing what schools are teaching their kids? >> my response is i have had it, we are literally -- >> ben: its a good response. >> there is in k-12. i was trying to come on and be more calm but the more i hear about this, it really just infuriates ...

>> greg: investigate border patrol, give i.r.s. agents a raise. >> jesse: $10,000 if you buy a car, down payment on a house. you are scooping up a lot of people. i think, permission to bash the media. >> permission granted. >> greg: how did this happen? media obsessed with author tearianism as though it comes from the right. they are not part of the right, hate republicans. they envision it is somebody, trump, before trump it was bush, before bush, it was reagan. create dystopia, but when you lo...

Administrators at one of the nations oldest and most prestigious private schools have drafted a policy to punish any and all "harmful" language — including "misplaced humor" — by expulsion, according to leaked documents obtained by the Washington Free Beacon.The news outlet reported Tuesday that th...

Americans. the white house is asking social media companies to help them combat covid disinformationmpei. the president was asked about this leaving the white house. >> on covid misinformation, whats your message to platforms like facebook? >> its killing people. the only pandemic we have is among the unvaccinated. theyre killing people. >> some republicans are attacking that move. kevin mccarthy tweeting big tech and big government want the same thing, to control you. >> this from senator josh ...

February 2021 Speech Code of the Month: Johns Hopkins University We’re proud to say our long-running Speech Code of the Month series — in which we highlight a policy that is particularly restrictive of students’ free speech rights — gets results, with about 50% of schools responding by revising the speech code in question. But some universities seem to be stuck in a time loop, like Bill Murray’s character in the movie “Groundhog Day,” holding onto those same, problematic policies....

A new damning report by CST (Community Security Trust) accuses Bristol Uni 0f “bad practice” for its failure to tackle anti-Semitism. The report says there have been seven anti-Semitic incidences in Bristol since 2018, making Bristol one of six cities with five or more recorded cases of anti-Semitism. The dossier written by CST, a UK charity that advises and represents the Jewish community on matters of anti-Semitism, terrorism, policing and security, lists all 123 reported on campus anti...

CU Denver revises email policy, commits to upholding free speech Each month, FIRE highlights one restrictive policy at a college or university as our “Speech Code of the Month.” Because it’s far from an award to be proud of, FIRE encourages institutions with these policies to amend them quickly. However, our words often go unheeded, exposing the university or college to costly legal battles and chilling student expression.  But not all institutions are content with leaving bad policies o...

Must also delete offensive email you receive – immediately College administrator to lawyer: Draft a policy that I can use against any student or instructor who annoys me. (20 minutes later) Lawyer to administrator: You’re gonna love this. Even by the standards of college speech codes, the University of Colorado-Denver has a mind-numbingly stupid and blatantly unconstitutional policy on email you’re allowed to send through the campus IT system. The taxpayer-funded university is featured as...

And self-determination in the face of left-wing intolerance, the anger, the unbelievable anger, i see it every day, its mostly pointed at me. [laughter] >> you have the courage to speak to truth, to do what is right and to fight for what you believe and keep doing it. [cheers and applause] >> we reject oppressive speech code, censorship, political correctness and every other attempt by the hard left to stop people from challenging ridiculous and dangerous ideas, these ideas are dangerous. instea...