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The fine folks over at The Tennessean bring us this interesting bit of news:
Inspired by a Breitbart News editor whose speeches have spurred protests at colleges across the country, state lawmakers on Thursday touted a bill that they said would protect free speech on Tennessee campuses.
While discussing the bill in a news conference, sponsors Rep. Martin Daniel and Sen. Joey Hensley referenced the protests against controversial conservative Milo Yiannopoulos, who is a senior editor at Breitbart. Violence erupted at a protest against a planned Yiannopoulos speech at the University of California, Berkeley, prompting officials there to cancel the speech. The lawmakers indicated that the violence had hampered the expression of conservative ideas at Berkeley. Similar issues have cropped up in Tennessee, they said.
Daniel, R-Knoxville, called his legislation "the Milo bill," and said it was "designed to implement oversight of administrators' handling of free speech issues."
Hensley, R-Hohenwald, said the bill was specifically tailored to defend students with conservative views that he said had been silenced in the past.
"We've heard stories from many students that are honestly on the conservative side that have those issues stifled in the classroom," Hensley said. "We just want to ensure our public universities allow all types of speech."
Glad to see my state getting this correct even though they can't pull their heads out of their asses about broadband competition.
[Ed. Note: The current bill has no summary on the Tennessee General Assembly site, but it is likely similar or identical to the previous year's version from the same sponsors which died in committee.]
(Score: 1, Troll) by aristarchus on Sunday February 12 2017, @04:20AM
I cannot agree with you in any way.
And I to you, oh amphibolous Anonymous Coward, cannot reply, since you clearly do not comprehend the difference between "ideas" and "offence". Here is an example. Racism is wrong because it treats your fellow human beings differently when there is no legitimate reason to do so. That is an idea, and I could make an argument. But if you say, "Reverse Racism! Political Correctness Run Amok!", that is not an idea. It is you. And you have no ideas, because you are stupid, racist, and probably have had carnal relations with Milo. See what we did there? We went from a potentially intellectual discussion about justice and human rights, to me calling you out like the cowardly backwards racist son-of-a-barnacle that you are! I wish you would not make me reduce myself to your level so much. It really is quite offensive.
(Score: 2, Flamebait) by art guerrilla on Sunday February 12 2017, @02:59PM
thank you for proving you know nothing of the principles of free speech, nor freedom in general...
(go back and re-read your chomsky, moron)
what *is* amusing is the complete lack of self-awareness in your custom-made definitions to fit your 'morals', never for a second realizing you are acting in the EXACT mirror-image of the presumptuous and dictatorial manner as your adversaries...
we *are* amused...
oh, by the by, there is also no such thing as 'hate speech', 'hate crimes', and all the rest of that snowflake claptrap...
you have the right to NOT be assaulted; you do NOT have the right to NOT be insulted...
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 13 2017, @05:29PM
here, here!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 14 2017, @12:15AM
There, there. Poor thing.