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Free Speech v. Political Correctness
by Abraham H. Miller
• November 15, 2014 at 5:00 am
The Free
Speech Movement seems to have evolved into its opposite, a censorship by
others or of oneself, disguised as political correctness.
Bazian is
in the forefront of the movement to prevent Bill Maher from speaking on
campus. Bazian himself however, seems to like being unrestrained when he
wants to speak.
Apparently
to Bazian, Jewish money promotes undue influence, but Saudi money has no
Wahhabi fundamentalist strings attached. Maybe Bazian should ask whether
there is something in Islam that causes so many of its adherents to cast
non-Muslims as "the other."
The
organized Muslim groups have not exactly embraced Freedom of Speech or
Assembly as primary values.
Each year, the University of California hosts a lecture in honor of
Mario Savio. On December 2, 1964, Mario Savio stood on the steps of
Berkeley's Sproul Hall and launched into an unrehearsed speech, often
considered one of the best 100 of the century. The speech would make him the
voice of what became known as the Free Speech Movement.
Throughout Berkeley, the Free Speech Movement [FSM] represented a strong
part of Berkeley's historic and cultural identity.
The FSM, however, seems to have evolved into its opposite, a censorship
by others or of oneself, disguised as political correctness. It is an
ideology that makes sensitivity to the feelings of the "previously
excluded" trump basic rights.
Will the newly elected Congress push Obama into being tougher on Iran's nuclear weapons program?
by Alan M. Dershowitz
• November 14, 2014 at 9:50 am
Now that both Houses of Congress are under the control of Republicans,
will President Obama have as free a hand in making a deal with the Iranian
mullahs regarding their nuclear weapons program?
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Free Speech v. Political Correctness
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