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Free Speech v. Political Correctness


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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.
UC-Berkeley Professor Hatem Bazian demands that Bill Maher be disinvited from speaking at his university. Above, Bazian addresses an anti-Israel rally on July 20, 2014, appearing in front of a man carrying a sign saying "We captured Israeli soldiers in Gaza". (Image source: YouTube video screenshot)
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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