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posted by on Sunday February 12 2017, @03:18AM   Printer-friendly
from the free-speech-for-all dept.

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.]


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 12 2017, @10:09AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 12 2017, @10:09AM (#466081)

    Why do you hate free speech? Yes diversity offices should be killed, there is no need for thought police.