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Tag Archives: free speech
Independence Day Celebration
As we listen carefully to the current criticisms of America, we should see them in the context of the wonderful features of our nation that continue to attract tens of thousands of the world’s best and brightest to become Americans … Continue reading
Posted in Musings, racism
Tagged 4th of July, cancel culture, capitalism, free speech, PC
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New tools require new rules?
A hammer can hit a nail on the head, or it can hit you (or your enemy) on the head. Most, if not all, tools have multiple uses, some good and some bad. Societies adopt rules to promote the beneficial … Continue reading
Posted in News and politics, regulation
Tagged Facebook, fact checking, facts, free speech, google, Internet, regulation, Twitter, YouTube, Zuckerberg
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Alex Jones
Alex Jones and his Infowars website have been removed and banned from YouTube, Facebook, Apple, and Spotify among the most popular social media platforms. As of this moment, Twitter claims to be reviewing CNN claims that Jones and Infowars violate … Continue reading
Posted in Discrimination, immigration, Musings
Tagged 9/11, Alex Jones, Facebook, First Amendment, free speech, hate speech, Jonathan Rauch, Safe zones, Sandy Hook, Stephen Miller, trigger warnings, Twitter, YouTube
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The Wedding Cake
Americans harbor many conflicting views on many subjects. Our right to freely express them is guaranteed in the American Constitution’s First Amendment. It is precisely this right that has enabled the LGBT community to convince an ever-growing number of our … Continue reading
Do we really need Free Speech?
James Damore was fired by Google for a memo he posted at work giving his views on why there are so few women at his workplace. Basically, he argued, fewer women are interested in math and science than men and … Continue reading
Posted in Discrimination, Uncategorized
Tagged free speech, google, Harvard, James Damore, Larry Summers, math, repression, Science, women
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Science, Discrimination, and Larry Summers
It is clear that Harvard President Larry Summers has hit a nerve, yet again. It is far less clear why reactions have been so strong and often so disappointing to those of us who believe in science. Let us know … Continue reading
Posted in Discrimination
Tagged Discrimination, free speech, google, James Damore, Larry Summers, women
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What is wrong with PC?
Almost five years ago I wrote about political correctness (PC, politeness and caondor): https://wcoats.wordpress.com/2011/01/11/pc-politeness-and-candor/. In short, I said that what would normally be considered “good manners,” — values and behavior of free individuals– was becoming a stifling imposition of expected … Continue reading
Posted in Government, Musings, News and politics
Tagged Berkeley, free speech, Free Speech Movement, manners, PC, Political Correctness, Yale
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Freedom of Speech – Final Thoughts (for a while at least)
Our right of free speech is not a partisan issue in America. Democrats and Republicans, both President Obama and Presidential aspirant Romney, vigorously support its value and its constitutional guarantee. The extent of that right, which is not without limits, … Continue reading
Further thoughts on Free Speech
Why are Americans (in particular) so attached to free speech, even repugnant free speech? Why is the first item in our Bill of Rights (i.e. the First Amendment to our Constitution) devoted to its protection? Our strong defense of free … Continue reading
American Values and Foreign Policy
One of America’s values and traditions is standing together in the face of foreign attack or challenge. Presidential candidate Mitt Romney has violated that tradition by attacking the statements of the American Embassy in Egypt’s condemnation of an anti-Muslim film … Continue reading
Posted in News and politics
Tagged Ambassador Stevens, Christians, free speech, Koran, Libya, Muhammad, Obama, Romney, tolerance
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