An oped was printed in Princeton University's newspaper this week attacking conservatives' right to free speech, and it's already going viral.
In his oped, Princeton student Ryan Born wrote:
Conservatives would have you believe that their insistence on free speech is related to a desire for intellectual diversity and openness of discussion. When conservatives appeal to “free speech,” it is actually a calculated political move, designed to open up avenues of political discourse while shaming others from moving in active political opposition. I argue that when conservatives resort to this move, they can be safely ignored, as they are appealing to a right that does not exist. In my belief, when conservative ideas are opposed, there is no right that is being infringed.
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Because “free speech” is a cornerstone of our rights under the Constitution, it can appear that conservatives’ socially free speech has this constitutional tradition as its backbone. However, this speech is something much different. As seen with many conservative groups, such as the Princeton Open Campus Coalition, conservatives are interested in being able to propose their ideas without any political opposition to their right to speech. I am not arguing that conservatives do not expect intellectual opposition to their content; instead, I am arguing against their right to be heard and accepted. I should clarify that I use “conservative” broadly to mean both those politically opposed to progressive aims, but also in particular to refer to those who invoke “free speech” to defend their access to political debate and to forestall political opposition to their viewpoints.
This oped perfectly exemplifies the attitude of liberal college students in this country today. Liberal students have rejected the idea of having thought-provoking political debates and have instead resorted to completely silencing conservative voices. They have turned their schools into "safe spaces" where they aren't "triggered" by those who oppose their liberal views.
Liberals spend much of their time advocating for equality and freedom for all, but they don't believe conservatives deserve these same rights. While they advocate for minorities to raise their voices, they also fight for conservatives to be silenced. This has been proven time and time again this year, most notably at University of California, Berkeley, where liberal students launch violent protests each time a conservative is scheduled to speak on campus. Berkeley students have been so successful in these protests that their school has been forced to cancel numerous conservative speakers due to security concerns.
Opeds like Born's are why an increasing number of conservative college students say that they are afraid to "come out" as Republicans to their peers. They don't feel free to express their conservative views due to fears of social repercussions, so they often remain silent and allow their liberal peers to continue living in their "safe spaces" unchallenged.
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Progressive view is a fancy name only when they push it .
having just finished reading D’Souzas The Big Lie l can’t stress enough its reading ASAP!
You got that right!
I couldn’t put it down.
Yes it is extreme sounding, and I thought long and hard about hitting the Post Your Comment button.
The attacks against the people by the state are extreme and escalating in Canada – as they were in America under Obama and still surging even under Trump, and as they are in the EU and Britain. We are already at war, in that war has been declared upon us – and not in so many words, but in the actions of ‘the state’, the fascist state, because that is what the left is, fascism.
Words are not working. Our democratic rights and protections are either being stolen, or used against us by these scoundrels and devils.
This is a juggernaut rolling over us all without opposition, or at least noticeable opposition.
It may be too late to do anything…but we must DO something – other than flapping our jaws!
I know my words may make me sound like a terrorist to some – and I have only ever used violence in self defence, in my life – but we are being backed into that proverbial corner…and I have no intention of living on my knees.
Unless you have a better solution…we need to defend ourselves…because it has gotten that bad.
Fighting these vermin with words is not working. Killing the scum will not only rid the planet of these individual vermin, but by doing it publicly, it will also send a message to the rest of the filthy scum, and hopefully shut them and their evil BS down as they go scurrying back under their rocks and other low places – it will also preempt the left’s vicious assaults against the right – ya know, kill or be killed. Contrary to what the delusional pussy freaks on the left think, we do have an unalienable right to defend ourselves.
Not acting will certainly have all of us on the right dead or in a Justin gulag soon enough!
“It’s a hell of a thing killing a man…”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fh0jwX0MJiM
Rebel Media has correspondents in Britain, US, Australia and Canada. There are reports from around the world. Why you haven’t noticed this is beyond me!
Is The Rebel a Canadian news outlet? That is how it presented itself. If it is an outlet of U.S. news and opinion that is fine, but it should be up front to say what it is doing.
This is the level of dementia that the Progressivist-Sodomites are force imposing upon everyone, and they will not stop.
They are unreasonable, they are animals, vermin, and worthy of destruction.
War is coming.
Be ready.
It is like Victor Lazlo’s daily top ten.
You can read ten op eds like this every day. I have been doing so for ten years now. Mostly to come to the support of the beleagured conservative and sane classic liberal professors who speak out against it.
Whichever part of theREBEL staff does this news beat should subscribe to it and treat it like a Reuters newswire….you will never be lacking matterial believe me.
Trudeau You are a Wanker in love with Ms Fist.
I was going to Post a video here but Justins friends at Google have pulled it. Titled ‘Father and Cuck’. Oh well.