I don't understand how any observant person could deny that there are efforts underway in our country to suppress Free Speech.

Are they not seeing the riots in Berkeley in opposition to having Conservative speakers deliver speeches on campus? Did they not see the rioting, the fires, the destruction of property?

Anyone with a web browser can find a multitude of examples of Conservative speakers being shouted down, and even assaulted. Here are a couple of speakers that you could research.


1. Milo Yiannopoulous at Berkeley. More than 1,500 people gathered in front of UC Berkeley's Sproul Hall to protest Yiannopoulous' scheduled speech. Protesters held signs that read "Hate Speech Is Not Free Speech” and pledging to shut down the event. (They did.)

The planned speech was on the subject of "cultural appropriation" — the use of elements of one culture by members of another culture. You know, like wearing a sombrero and serape as a Halloween costume.

2. Ann Coulter at Berkeley, and other universities where she is invited and then cancelled when campus protesters raise a fuss is another example.

At Berkeley, the police received information of planned demonstrations even after Coulter's speech was canceled. They reported spending "tens of thousands" of dollars in security preparations. This is a major disincentive to inviting Conservative speakers in the future.

3. Charles Murray, co-author of the book The Bell Curve tried to deliver a speech at the Vermont campus of Middlebury College. Violent protesters drove him from the stage and physically injured a school professor who was with him.

And the "Safe Spaces" on university campuses, where controversial utterances are forbidden, are getting larger while "free speech zones" are getting smaller. In fact, on some campuses the free speech zone is only a few square feet on a campus that covers several acres.

Attacking Free Speech:

Leftists & Antifa Burn Free Speech Sign at Berkeley March4Trump Rally 3-4-17 - YouTube


Carl in Tampa

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