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Wisconsin Speech Bill Might Allow Students To Challenge Science Professors (arstechnica.com)
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: There have been some well-publicized incidents in which student groups or other protesters have interfered with scheduled appearances by right-wing speakers at U.S. universities. In response, a number of states have considered "campus free speech" bills based on model legislation produced by the Goldwater Institute, a conservative think tank. Different bills introduce specific penalties for students who shout down the speech of others and prevent college administrators from disinviting speakers, to give two examples. One such bill is being debated in Wisconsin. Faculty and university officials in the state are concerned about what else might be prevented by the bill's overly vague language, according to the local Cap Times. As often happens with bills relevant to science education, the debate has also elicited some rather bizarre comments from the bill's sponsors. The trouble comes from this section of the bill: "That each institution shall strive to remain neutral, as an institution, on the public policy controversies of the day, and may not take action, as an institution, on the public policy controversies of the day in such a way as to require students or faculty to publicly express a given view of social policy." While the bills' scope is focused on public events involving invited speakers, there are a couple key questions here. University officials want to know how far this requirement "to remain neutral" extends. For example, the University of Wisconsin-Madison has spoken out against proposed bans on stem cell research on campus. Would the university run afoul of this law if it did so again?
If you recall Milo was sacked by right-wing Breitbart for his "little boys can consent to sex with old men" comments.
Correction: He quit. Second, he was talking about himself.
Did the student protest him because he's right-wing or because he's a pedo?
No they violently protested him, and called him everything from an alt-right neo-nazi, to an actual nazi. They rioted, they burned shit, they smashed public property and it was members of the left that did it. This happened way before that comment of his.
Is being a pedo suddenly a right-wing thing? I didn't see Hannity or Tucker invite him onto their shows to talk about his warm wet love of kids. They have TV shows, they don't need to talk in the abstract about censorship, they can invite him on to talk to their audience of right wing mothers and fathers.
No, it's purely a left-wing thing. Which of course why left-wing groups have heavily pushed normalizing pedophilia, and so did numerous same-sex organizations did the same. The green party in Germany heavily pushed a pro-pedophile stance. Also, you should go watch what he said. Because he was talking about himself, you know just like George Takei was talking about himself when he said exactly the same thing as Milo. But I sure don't remember the usual left-wing whine train coming out to attack him.
You should probably start getting your news from more then one source.
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Challenging them with science, yes. But this bill isn't about science, it's about politics.
Have you even *been* on college campuses today? The term "inmates are in charge of the asylum" is frighteningly accurate. Students only need claim professors and/or curriculum "triggered" them via a series of "micro aggressions" and BAM! Headache for one and all. Well, not the students, who may retire to a "safe space", complete with crayons and comfy chairs..
Yes.
I've never seen that happen. Ever.
Right now the radical right is the ones doing the screaming
Sorry that's the left in berkely. Same with the bike lock attacker Nice collection of weapons pulled off antifa members who were looking to attack people at pro-trump/free speech rally. And I can really keep going, because there's not only dozens of cases like this but hundreds in the last 2 years.
Antifa are leftists of marxist/mao kind. BAMN are of the same kind, you also need to toss in their little cult camps. And people on the right didn't start responding until the left started going "OH NO, they're not us." We don't condone anything, while letting them slip back into the crows and cover them. Professor bikelock is the most recent and famous example of this. Now what I want you to do is freeze it within the first 3 seconds. You see all those masked people happily moving within that group of unmasked leftists?
Find any video where people are filming antifa and you'll see: Antifa slip into the crowd or part of the crowd, attack someone/attack in a group/crowd of unmasked leftists cover for them and let them slip back in.
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This has nothing to do with challenging science. You would actually have to know something about science to challenge it. This is about trying for force false equivalence. "Scientists claim the earth is spherical, but some non-scientists disagree". That kind of crap comes from the right wing every day. It is called the doubt machine. Sow doubt that cigarettes cause cancer, doubt that humans are altering the biosphere or climate, Sow doubt that evolution is a well documented fact. It is all about preventing positive action that might hurt a political agenda or corporate bottom line.
When you can't win the argument, just pass a law. Bullshit.
A brain is a terrible thing to waste... Mind? That's debatable.