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It’s not clear to me that either political “side” has the corner on these faults. But even if they did, why not allow audiences to make their own judgments? Uni

It’s not clear to me that either political “side” has the corner on these faults. But even if they did, why not allow audiences to make their own judgments? Universities don’t have to provide auditoriums or catering. They shouldn’t have to provide extra security, if free speech is honored by students. Why can’t listeners simply walk away? I truly don’t understand.

komali2 3y ago
Conversely, why aren't you respecting the free speech rights of students to speak out against people sharing hateful ideologies on their campus? (Ben Shapiro coming to spread transphobia for example) For decades we've tolerated anti-woman's-rights activists shoving pictures of medical procedures into people's faces, and preachers telling students they're going to go to hell for being gay. That's ok, but protesting a transphobe isn't? I truly don't understand the double standard. Just kidding, I get it. Leftists face a double standard when it comes to free speech. Dare to speak with your colleagues and organize a union? The president himself will order you to shut up and get to work. Stand up and shout at a transphobe who is speaking through a sound system your tuition pays for? Get escorted out by a security detail you're also paying for. Shove fetus pictures into people's faces? No problem! Strap on swastikas and March through town? Police escort! Take a knee in front of a slaver statue? Pepper spray! The article is crocodile tears.
- hotdogscout 3y ago
  >Shove fetus pictures into people's faces? No problem! Strap on swastikas and March through town? Police escort! If it's really no problem try doing it. You're not being realistic about the consequences of being disruptive.
  - komali2 3y ago
    I'm not being realistic? You speaking from personal experience? Because I've been to many, many, protests, and I think I have a very good idea of the consequences of being disruptive, with the literal scars to show for it. I watched proud boys march with police escort. I dealt with people shaking fetus pictures in my face the third Friday of every month for four years when I'm just trying to get to the library. I witnessed firsthand the system's indifference or hostility to leftist protesting: the violence and arrests we faced at peaceful BLM sit-ins when proud boys meanwhile are allowed to walk around armed and shouting racial slurs at people. What personal experience are you drawing on to deny what I'm describing? What evidence?
    - hotdogscout 3y ago
      https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Duncan_Lemp https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Duncan_Lemp https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killings_of_Aaron_Danielson_and_Michael_Reinoehl https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killings_of_Aaron_Danielson_... https://amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jun/14/virginia-shooting-suspect-james-t-hodgkinson-leftwing-activist https://amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jun/14/virginia-sho... https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/14/us/steve-scalise-congress-shot-alexandria-virginia.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/14/us/steve-scalise-congress... https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/capitol-breached-protesters/story?id=75081629 https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/capitol-breached-protesters/... I ask for minimal perspective towards people you feel contempt. I'd say the same to someone claiming left wing protests are easy and leftists have "no problem" participating in them. It's just not true.
      - komali2 3y ago
        I've no idea the point you're trying to make - almost all your links are regarding individual incidents of violence, I'm talking about state violence against protesters in general. It's ironic you chose the capitol insurrection as an example - if that had been antifascists, the cops likely wouldn't have colluded to let them in, and there probably would have been far more violence, considering how they normally treat leftist protestors. Don't you find it odd that the people with a hanged effigy of the vice president outside the capitol were able to ransack congressional halls with only four dead as a result?
        hotdogscout 2y ago
        I know there's collusion between some police departments and far right protestors in the US, this is obvious. I say some because there are exceptions. But your point was "there's no problem [protesting for the right]" and there is, there obviously is. They range from death at the hands of far left killers, persecution at work/academia, unemployment. It's absurd to pretend the right has no stake when protesting as you implied. >individual incidents of violence So it's a coincidence the killers were ideologically opposed to the victims? I don't get how "individual" these deaths are when there's a clear political motivation. Death of ideological enemies by "civilians" is how fascism in Italy began. Civilian political violence is not irrelevant.

komali2 3y ago

Conversely, why aren't you respecting the free speech rights of students to speak out against people sharing hateful ideologies on their campus? (Ben Shapiro coming to spread transphobia for example) For decades we've tolerated anti-woman's-rights activists shoving pictures of medical procedures into people's faces, and preachers telling students they're going to go to hell for being gay. That's ok, but protesting a transphobe isn't? I truly don't understand the double standard. Just kidding, I get it. Leftists face a double standard when it comes to free speech. Dare to speak with your colleagues and organize a union? The president himself will order you to shut up and get to work. Stand up and shout at a transphobe who is speaking through a sound system your tuition pays for? Get escorted out by a security detail you're also paying for. Shove fetus pictures into people's faces? No problem! Strap on swastikas and March through town? Police escort! Take a knee in front of a slaver statue? Pepper spray! The article is crocodile tears.

hotdogscout 3y ago
>Shove fetus pictures into people's faces? No problem! Strap on swastikas and March through town? Police escort! If it's really no problem try doing it. You're not being realistic about the consequences of being disruptive.
- komali2 3y ago
  I'm not being realistic? You speaking from personal experience? Because I've been to many, many, protests, and I think I have a very good idea of the consequences of being disruptive, with the literal scars to show for it. I watched proud boys march with police escort. I dealt with people shaking fetus pictures in my face the third Friday of every month for four years when I'm just trying to get to the library. I witnessed firsthand the system's indifference or hostility to leftist protesting: the violence and arrests we faced at peaceful BLM sit-ins when proud boys meanwhile are allowed to walk around armed and shouting racial slurs at people. What personal experience are you drawing on to deny what I'm describing? What evidence?
  - hotdogscout 3y ago
    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Duncan_Lemp https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Duncan_Lemp https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killings_of_Aaron_Danielson_and_Michael_Reinoehl https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killings_of_Aaron_Danielson_... https://amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jun/14/virginia-shooting-suspect-james-t-hodgkinson-leftwing-activist https://amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jun/14/virginia-sho... https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/14/us/steve-scalise-congress-shot-alexandria-virginia.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/14/us/steve-scalise-congress... https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/capitol-breached-protesters/story?id=75081629 https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/capitol-breached-protesters/... I ask for minimal perspective towards people you feel contempt. I'd say the same to someone claiming left wing protests are easy and leftists have "no problem" participating in them. It's just not true.
    - komali2 3y ago
      I've no idea the point you're trying to make - almost all your links are regarding individual incidents of violence, I'm talking about state violence against protesters in general. It's ironic you chose the capitol insurrection as an example - if that had been antifascists, the cops likely wouldn't have colluded to let them in, and there probably would have been far more violence, considering how they normally treat leftist protestors. Don't you find it odd that the people with a hanged effigy of the vice president outside the capitol were able to ransack congressional halls with only four dead as a result?
      - hotdogscout 2y ago
        I know there's collusion between some police departments and far right protestors in the US, this is obvious. I say some because there are exceptions. But your point was "there's no problem [protesting for the right]" and there is, there obviously is. They range from death at the hands of far left killers, persecution at work/academia, unemployment. It's absurd to pretend the right has no stake when protesting as you implied. >individual incidents of violence So it's a coincidence the killers were ideologically opposed to the victims? I don't get how "individual" these deaths are when there's a clear political motivation. Death of ideological enemies by "civilians" is how fascism in Italy began. Civilian political violence is not irrelevant.