Free speech debate: new guidelines to protect university speakers' 'lawful free speech'
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- Опубликовано: 1 фев 2019
- The Equalities and Human Rights Commission has published new guidlelines backed by the government and a host of higher education institutions to clampdown on censorship in universities across the country. (Subscribe: bit.ly/C4_News_Subscribe)
It comes after a number of high-profile incidents in recent years where people invited to speak at universities were "no platformed" by student unions due to concerns about their views.
We're joined by free speech activist and student Alex O'Connor and Senthorun Raj, a lecturer at Keele University who specialises in anti-discrimination law and human rights.
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5:51 I’ve never seen someone make better use of their time when told they have only 15 seconds remaining!
Well that's alex for ya
Wow, you werent kidding.
He was rapping
This kid is going to be Christopher Hitchens like ..
And I was watching it at 1.5 speed...
I don't think I've ever heard Alex talk that fast before 😂😂
He was about to rap!
I feel like he's going to become this century's Christopher Hitchens .
"alex, 15 seconds to respond to this"
* doubletime mode activated *
props, that was on point and a very butiful "in your face", bravo😂
@Takumina Baka don't insult Alex like that.
Get this boy a yarmulke!
"I really am a fan of free speech." If it agrees with me.
Its not that, its saying that some things aren't debatable and shouldn't be like whether being gay is a choice. I believe you should be able to say whatever you want as long as its not inciting violence against a group of people
@@emilyscloset2648 the issue is who decides what's not debatable?
@@emilyscloset2648 Of course it should be debated. If being gay is a choice, I want to know it. If being gay is not a choice, I want to know that too.
@@Hurricayne92 the law
@@vampyricon7026 wtf are you talkiing about? of course it should be debated? erm no, no it shouldn't. there is absolutely no reason to entertain that anti gay nonsense. we already know it isn't a choice. so obviously it shouldn't "of course be debated"
An admirable attempt at the end there, Alex, at utilizing those 15 seconds.
Attempt? I’d say it was pretty solid tbh....
@@swordstrafe A solid attempt then. Just ever so slightly futile. I'm pretty sure he didn't get 15 seconds, more like 10.
@@nuanceblacksywin4868 it was 12/13 seconds
Attempt at what? Why are we debating an explanation of the obvious? Weren't we trying to reach a new conclusion of some sort?
@@soulmechanics7946 Attempt at saying a lot quickly, in only a few seconds.
I find Mr Raj's bow tie quite objectionable . I've seen provocative garments like that before and there is no place for them in modern universities.
Bow ties are cool. But not everyone who wears them is.
@@pintpullinggeek It's a symbol of the patriarchy and needs to be banned!
And if anybody has an argument to why bowties should be allowed, let's prevent them from speaking. We've heard all thier arguments before anyway.
Andro B but have we?
Saying therws no place for peoole you odagree with is agaihst free speech
Who else is watching because of Cosmic Skeptic?
Moi
I do.
Boy got smashed
Oh yes, bow tie boys argument got deconstructed and dissolved. Aiiiieeeeeeeeee
fynes leigh your so salty bro 😂
“I’m a big fan of free speech” ... “but let’s not give them a platform”- mate you’re not “a big fan or free speech” then are you?
I think his point was more about people under the guise of 'the alternative position' but in reality they are just trolls trying to get a reaction. Like that Milo geeza
Malicious Megan But so what? Let them have a reaction. By giving them a platform we can use free speech to expose them for why they are wrong and strengthen our case at the same time. By removing their platform, we assume our own infallibility, shut down debate and nullify the utility of public discourse.
You are under the impression that not giving someone a platform isn't within free speech, but as of today it is so you are missing something.
There are things you can't say even within free speech and that is not an opinion that is a fact and it still is called free speech.
Yeah. You can’t suck and blow at the same time.
@@johnunkerman Circular breathing, check it out
I really wish this lasted longer. It was really interesting listening to Alex debate this issue.
go to radio four site and "front row" program with Germaine Greer from a few nights back..
Guessing you are already subscribed to him but if not: m.ruclips.net/user/alexjoconnor
I'm happy to see him rap
Heard a hint of Christopher Hitchens’ inflection from Alex at 5:11 and very much enjoyed it.
I thought exactly the same thing haha.
Hitchens 2.0 loading......
@William Butler Yeats
Nobody is original in terms of ideas. You make it sound like religious freaks come up with new arguments all the time. They don't.
count dankula has joined the chat
@@pauliewalnuts100 Exactly. Religious people haven't come up with anything new in centuries.
"We've heard these ideas."
Translation: I've decided *for* you that the debate is over.
That's just it - many people going to university will not have heard these ideas.
What he meant by that is exactly as you say "I have heard these ideas, I don't agree with them and have therefore decided you shouldn't hear them".
And what if they've got new ideas?
I know. I found that somewhat chilling to be honest.
There are some "debates" that really should be over, white supremacy/neonazism for example.
Let’s continue to debate if black people are human? I thought we figured out they were?
Big future ahead for Alex!
MIKEE Alex is a smart guy, he also makes music, he’s a renaissance man, a intelligent artist
He reminds a bit of Christopher hitchens center -left leaning(his own stance stated in vid), atheist who relishes the debate
I’m already a big fan and we need more people like Alex.
@@MaladyKayjo Wait, he has a music channel?
Vampyricon it’s not specifically a music channel, but it has a lot of his music on it, it’s called CasualAlex
Please go meet Alex O'Connor at his RUclips channel CosmicSkeptic ! 👍
I love Alex O'Connor and his page. I was about to make the same comment lol.
Mais um falante do idioma português (aparentemente) que acompanha o Alex... banaca!
@@trevorduniho9448 also watch how cosmic atheist got destroyed by mohammad hijab
Die Faust exept he did not, watch his video on what happened at that debate it is clear that Hijab talked past him, refused to listen and debated against his own misunderstanding of what Connor argues for. It was not a proper debate. Connor was simply talked down opon and not allowed to speak his mind.
Die Faust so in a way he got destroyed but not because of better arguments but because he was not allowed to voice his own arguments in his own words.
LOL at the end. Alex put it in gear and *floored* it.
Looks like someone practiced their final 15 seconds before the show.
And good on him for it!
@@Max-jf5vu Not really
Don’t think he’ll have known what point exactly he’d get to finish on would he?
@@casbahowl8128 Possibly. It's generally a pretty safe bet that you'll be presented with something about the "cost of free speech" in discussions like this.
Same old same old. Guy claims he wants free speech unless it counters his views
5:30 “this isn’t about making people not hear things that they want to hear, if you want to hear something, go hear it, go listen to it’’
“But if you are banning people they can’t hear it, can they?”
I cry everytime.
Yes because the ONLY platform that exists is a college campus right?
Except that if you only want to hear the things you want to hear, there is no discussable progress, and thus no platform for free speech.
@@justingutierrez233 you're not getting the point. If you silence one side, due to discrimination. You are being discriminative towards them.
The solution for discrimination is not banning people from the platform. The solution is allowing as many discriminative people on the platform so that their views can be challenged to see if they hold up to scrutiny. If they don't and they refuse to change their mind, so what? There will be plenty of people who share the mindset of the people on the platform and change their mind. Minds that wouldn't be changed if their platform isn't challenged.
Predated O freedom of ideas is fine as long as it's not hate speech. Why is that so hard for people to understand?
@@lindai6988 then you have to be extremely carefull what you define as "hate speech" or making it illegal not only kills freedom of speech but also guarantees that such a law will be abused to silence those who have a different viewpoint.
Just because an idea is old doesn't mean it is wrong. It's good to debate old ideas. Certain things are timeless because they are always true.
Or even if they're false, they keep getting articulated in new forms. Either way, free speech is a prerequisite.
Like flat earth? 😂😂😂😂😂
Slavery was an old idea that was debated many times across human history... It was completely normal to own slaves. Fortunately we do re-debate old ideas.
Looks to me that university is teaching old ideas whole day long.
I mean the idea is true to the one who's idea it is. For example someone who believes in something for example Islam well if you follow that let say some one had a debate about womens rights inside the religion of Islam we would find none but few as I say the quarn is old and dirty the ideas of that book and religion are not compatible with today's world nor will they ever just look how far the Muslim majority countries are you would not want live there I seldom say that even they see that it's going no where but they don't now I am sure if you took away the religion of Islam all the people there would progress and would be better off honestly don't you think the same. But that won't happen has Humans who are retarded, blind, brainwashed, selfish, and on general who don't give any chance to criticism , change or new ideas are and will be stuck as people and as a society. Now Europe as brought in mostly Arabs which are mentally damaged from a very harsh path to get here but the knew the what path they were all talking , as such things happen in life Germany is crippled as Germans have been attached killed robed raped by who you as mostly and of not all men who are Muslim and Come from Muslim countries how about the schools no safer as countless of young German children are mobbed,bullied, threatened, by Muslim children who can me from Muslim countries where Islam rule's yet you may argue I am false and these are lies well the media doesn't tell us about it and yet it's happening all over Europe including the UK now if you disagree go to the town's where Muslim live go to the sites which reports on this go to Wikipedia and see how many people have been having hurt you yourself only need to dig around to find truth in the sea of lies.
It’s mad I’ve been watching Alex since 5K subs and now he’s here. He’s so articulate and it’s a joy to watch him thrive not just on his RUclips channel, but national television
Same I joined at 13k and I never thought he’d come this far
Alex O’Connor is also a youtuber called cosmicskeptic
I thought I recognised him from somewhere. Cheers
Alex o Connor reminds me.of Christopher hitchens ,centre left ,atheist ,defends free speech and relishes the debate ..
@Rich G i do kind of get that impression though not from this but other videos...he pisses off Muslim's quite a bit.
Hitchens, Center left? You're kidding right? He's a literal Socialist
@@kerzariz8717 Looks like you have a very broad definition of socialism
@@andremaccarini1656 I think Hitch would agree with that label
Lawful free speech : Students are meant to be exposed to different points of view, to challenge students minds.. engage in robust debate . on the merits on the given topic
if a student chooses to attend or not its up to the individual student .. Student Unions and Lecturers should not interfere .. censorship has no place .. in a democracy.. .
Blacks and gays shouldn’t have to put up with people debating their existence
The cosmic skeptic 👍👍
The point of any institution of higher learning is not to teach people what to think, rather how to think...
Ye but no need to debate black People existing
When did alex become a janitor? He mopped the floor with this funny little man.
worldgonemad nice one
Yes. Best comment, hands down.
He really didn't. You obviously had your victor set from the beginning
Come on dude. Love Alex and agree with him more in this interview, but this seemed very civil and it seemed that both parties were civilly debating in good faith. Why do you need to make it a thing of Alex destroyed this “funny little man”? Seems un necessarily harsh, no?
@@mikeyb1335, this guy is a professional victim, and he looks like a Muslim umpa lumpa during Mardi gras. I think those things qualify him as a funny little man.
I've heard the free speech so it is unnecessary for others to hear it.
Bonkers logic.
It's overrated. Move on, shall we? 😀
"lawful free speech" is one of the most orwellian terms I have ever heard.
Usually people misuse the word Orwellian, but that is pretty spot on.
"Pushing boundaries"
By creating clear and rigid boundaries for any opinion we disagree with
Bowtie guy is dangerous
Dangerously bias and hypocritical... essentially what he's say is limit free speech if it's gonna hurt my feelings, limit free speech for people who has an affiliation he doesn't agree with etc. No right winger is using free speech to look people of different races look bad that's outdated instead people are using it to make their believes and ideology look bad race isn't a factor in any real modern debate. So essentially bowtie dude made it seem like the only free speech that's happening is one with racist moron... this was a pointless debate
Alex called him out well for the patronizing and ridiculous claim that minorities are under intolerable oppression because there are extremists saying not very nice things about them.
@Sir Ious Please respect human rights.
Alex from cosmicskeptic has played a major deal in my deconversion from Christianity. Personally I think he is protecting the free speech which allowed me to properly explore my ex-faith and I’m all for it!
Can fully relate to this man
Same here. He was the first Atheist channel I ever ran into. I decided to see exactly what his bunch had to say and came out thinking "Holy sh*t those are actually valid points!"
Welcomd to the free world
He reminds me of Christopher hitchens in a sense ..left leaning to a degree (admits himself ) ,atheist ,relishes the debate ..also ridiculously smart
I might be smart, but i'm not stupid; God exists bro.
If we can't have free speech within universities, then we have truly devolved to the age of "newspeak".
Check Alex out! He deserve to be heard in my opinion.
"I'm totally for free speech guys, as long as it's speech I like and agree with it" 🤔
3:04 'My point is... that free speech ends where criticism of my left wing opinions begin. Its simple I am the authority on what is and is not allowed to be discussed. btw I am not entitled but I am oppressed.
I'm a teenager with no experience of the world and no intelligence of history or culture, everything i know has come from a watered down Marxist curricula and btw i dont know what business or economys are about even as a guess.
it's my right to scream down anyone.i like. i am entitled and ill educated.
@@mypal3561 English may not be you native language, but when on the offensive, attempting to attack someones intelligence, one ought to at the very least use correct spelling, grammar and terminology.
You are doing yourself a disservice by attacking this straw man you built rather than an attempt at demolishing the ideas, but that is not the easy route of course.
@@LHswe ... i dont think you understand irony either. is that you Charlemagne tha God? These blacks
@@mypal3561 You are starting to sound like a rambling schizopheric, I know one.
Clarify what you mean, it helps people understand you, a problem you no doubt blame on your superior intellect but making a point easily understood, no matter how complex or obtuse, is a sign of real intelligence.
@@mypal3561 Lack of reading comprehension, rambling un-edited text, poorly connected thoughts, poor spelling and self aggrandizing...note what this paints.
So I re-itterate, the mockery* you were making was neither connected to anyone in the debate nor an intellectual lampooning of the pertinent ideas, related to the topic. Do you not find it problematic that you highly intellectual satire is unfocused at best, incoherent at worst?
Note, I have not commented on the sentiment behind the satire, so do not go off on tangents again.
"I am a fan of free speech, but-"
Then you're not a fan of free speech.
Like they always say: It was wrong to kill the teacher, BUT...
Good job Alex!
Alex, not even a Law student, puts this lecturer to shame. Mopped the floor with this one!
I mean...what would his talking points be even?
Eminem: "I'm the fastest rapper alive, I can say the most words per second"
Cosmic skeptic: "Hold my Beer"
go watch rap god
Where do they get the time to protests ? I had far more important things to do with my time at uni
They make strikes etc
They have lots of free time now that they don't go to the lectures at Oxford Union.
Most of them never got invited to parties or social events at University, so they just protest instead.
Taking one evening out of a month isn't that hard mate.
It's funny that the living caricature complains about caricatures.
I totally agree with Alex O'Conner, every idea should be free to express and if you disagree with said opinion you can still debate it with arguments instead of banning the opinion.
You spoke calmly, concisely and put every point across as rationally as you can get. Not once did you interrupt the opposing view or get into an argument. Well done Alex.
Very impressive performance, Alex but....my man....you really need to keep your mouth hydrated before speaking on mic =P
So true!
I went to keele and studied law, and I can tell you from first-hand experience, Raj is an unbearable pseudo-intellectual, who substitutes critical thinking for edgy fashion. He’s exactly as he comes across here.
Why does that not surprise me?
Didn't you mean....substitutes edgy fashion for critical thinking?
i'm sure you did
"Free speech unless it's speech that isn't in line with my politics, my own conviction in my own opinion is so weak I can't possibly bare hearing anything that might challenge it".
Basically what bow-tie is arguing.
Raj needs to learn how to tie a bow tie and to remove brand labels from his jacket 🧥 If and when Alex comes to Toronto I’m inviting
him out for drinks and dinner •
His inner Hitchens came out twice : 5:12 and 5:28
Universities should be a place where people can explore different opinions. To ban certain opinions limits students' world view and breeds closed mindedness.
Ironically we are entering a period of time where those crying "bigot" are often the most intolerant towards those holding different opinions.
Not giving someone a platform is very different to silencing them.
I like the phrase, "either you believe in free speech, or you don't."
It's a false dilemma.
Wow good use of those 15 seconds at the end Alex! Great to see you on the news!
The short solo rap by Alex at the end was fire. Did not see that coming
Senthorun Raj's outfit offends me.
That was spectacularly underwhelming.
My boy Alex! Any cosmicskeptic fans here?
I will be after this
His an aethiest. ...can't trust aethiests
Alex O’Conner’s channel has become my favorite on RUclips. This guy is a gem.
"I'm a fan of free speech but..."
What comes before a "but" gets invalidated by what comes after.
'I'm a big fan of free speech' - yes when u agree with what is being said.
Raj: We don't have space to keep giving a platform for people who just use tropes and caricature to justify pushing their ideas
Also Raj: Uses caricature and tropes of troll behaviour to justify pushing his ideas of deplatforming
There is a huge difference between "protesting against the ideas presented by a speaker" and "protesting against the right of said speaker to present them". They are far from being the same thing, and students should learn this early. They should be allowed to protest, but they should not be allowed to ban a speaker because of his ideas.
"The wise know too well their weakness to assume infallibility; and he who knows most knows best how little he knows." ~ Thomas Jefferson
Well done Alex.
Guy in the red will keep people in a bubble to protect them - not let them think for themselves
The good old "We need to restrict free speech because of some people" without giving the slightest example of who or why
Everyone deserves a platform. No matter if you agree or disagree a person deserves the opportunity to speak their mind banning it all together is against the fundamental rights of this country
Essentially, Senthorun Raj is saying he supports free speech when it falls within his limits of censorship. So not very free at all.
Not, "he", the university. There is a limit to free speech.
"Pushing ideas forward"... meaning, "agenda driven"?
Alex O'Connor speaks faster than I can think.
Why on earth would a Lecturer on Law in a Western nation speak in favour of censorship? Wow. Don't let him teach MY kids, please and thank you.
@5:31 the lady hits the issue SMACK on!
This dude thinks the bible belt in america is dangerous for atheists 😂😂😂😂 what people think of america overseas is so hilarious
Um... I grew up in the Bible Belt. Unless you keep your mouth shut and pretend, it can get rather dangerous. Depends on exactly where of course. You're not going have too much of a problem in Athens GA, but drive for 30 min in any direction...
@@travcollier I grew up in it too. This is a hilarious stereotype that is non existent that even people from it try convincing people is true. Its not, but thanks for being hyperbolic and acting like its soooo bad
Not being allowed to share your viewpoints (ie muzzled) is a form of persecution
Both of them have a point.
Senthorun's point is Universitiy spaces need to be protected from certain ideas that are deemed harmful.
Alex's point is that it's OK to protect from hateful speech/words, but the expression of ideas should not be censored.
It's easy to see where Senthorun is coming from. Harmful speech and ideas should not be giving room to spread, but then who gets to decide what is harmfull/hatefull or not? It's a slippery slope that can actually backfire and hamper freedom of expressing anything anyone feels is offensive.
But from Alex's perspective, rather than running from "hateful" ideas, they should be challenged and scrutinized (as all ideas should be). And it would do society better to face these ideas. For in challenging them they can be either defeated and/or something of substance will be gained from them.
Go Alex!
Ohhhh Myyy godd Our lad made it. Really amazing performance. I hope you get our goals accepted in a larger margin of the public
Always admired Alex. Is good to see him still being able to think deeply and rationally and present his opinion clearly and articulately.
I’ll be watching your career closely, a real ⭐️ for the future.
sad
To raj's first statement, trying to get more voices heard is the solution there, not to ban others. Inclusion not exclusion, otherwise thats also discrimination isnt it...
If you try to include everyone, you dont risk discriminating you actually avoid it, but by excluding you are discriminating... and in this case because of opinion.
Shame on Cathy Newman of Channel 4 News for consistently misrepresenting her interviewee, Jordan Peterson, on 16 Jan 2018.
I'll just paste one of my all-time favourite quotes here:
"I may disagree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it"- Evelyn Beatrice Hall (or Voltaire, I'm mixed up on who actually said it)
Wasn't it Christopher Dawkins? Or Richard Hitchens? Mebbe Zen Stiller.
Cigar smoker standing next to me, "Say goodnight, Gracie."
One of the more pertinent issues here is what we individually categorise as free speech: some view it as robust, healthy debate, whereas others view it as a chance to say offensive things with no repercussions. I agree that, somewhere down the line, extreme opinions need to be listened to in order to make a sound judgement, but then the other view about having safe spaces is also valid. Regardless of how the media portrays this issue, most people still have their views anyway and will discuss them in small clusters, if not in lecture halls.
We need something like this for social media.
I feel the host was giving alex a bit of a crutch by taking his side almost immediately and even arguing against Senthorun herself. She also interrupted Senthorun to let Alex speak AND gave Alex the last 15 seconds. Idk seemed unfair
She was bias
I dont think it's bias cause senthoorun was literally arguing a point which could lead to the host, Alex and (ironically) himself losing freedom of speech. Also no form of journalism can properly exist without freedom of speech and expression.
@@mageshpandian6449 im not arguing that Senthorun was right I'm only pointing out that giving him less of an opportunity to properly express his argument defeats the purpose of the debate entirely. The host should be controlling the balance of debate and letting it flow properly not taking sides
@@SteelSunProductions what you on about? Senthorun was given enough time, both were given about 3 chances each. Admittedly it's nowhere near to be considered a debate.
@@mageshpandian6449 my statement about the video was that the host was taking sides. Complementing Alex's points and arguing against Sethurons. It seemed unfair because now the narrative of the video is supporting one side of the debate and suppressing the other. Giving it a second watch, the last 15 seconds bit was in fairness tho. But YOUR response was implying that, yea she did that but I agree w her so it isn't biased and she can do that. Which would be hypocritical to the point Alex was making in the first place
Freedom of speech must be absolute
Hahaha my favourite rat catcher. Good to see your red pilled
Mark Donald diversity of thought
This showed up in my feed today and I didn't even notice it was an old video. I probably watched it at the time too.
Alex is what we need. He just knows how to speak from the right perspective. Free speech is not about being reckless.
I remember free speech, those were the days. Also love how the dude who looks like the perfect example of anti free speech in his daft bowtie and silly jacket is actually anti free speech. Stereotypes exist people!
5:35 "if you're banning people then how can they hear them?"
George Orwell was right!
I saw this interview on the c4 news and the guy in the mongy dickie bow made me want to puke
people DO NOT need protected/shielded etc from other opinions and points of view, university students are not, in the main, children nor cretins. if they need shielded from others' views, however contentious, then I'm sorry, they don't deserve to be at university
if people cannot see this Raj bloke for what he really is and what he is trying to do to stifle those with opinions and views he doesn't like, we are truly fucked
Great things ahead for Alex. It shouldn't matter, but when he outgrows his baby face, he'll be a force to be reckoned with.
Right-wing supporters and spelling. SMH.
Raji? Rooge?...this guy is lecturing law at a university? Is this an early April fools joke?
Extra bump of admiration to the interviewer here. No attempt to steer either commentor toward a "narrative." These are the type of brilliant souls we hope to see in Universities :)
I'm going on channel 4 news to debate a serious topic, what should I wear?.....hmm...definitely the pink shirt, red blazer and a bow tie. That'll get me taken seriously.
This Asian man does not represent all Asian men.
I apologise in behalf of the Asian Man Foundation Institute of Asian Man.
There is absolutely no room on TV for this type of hideously ridiculous outfit. De faq are you wearing dude??????? 😳
What he wants to wear, i’d presume.
Looks like Kool-aid man got drunk on Pepto-Bismol and went to the Disney hair salon.
Joniversity he's wearing his freedom of expression while you ask him your freedom of speech. ;p
btw. do you realize, that you deem his outfit ridiculous just because of the culture you've been brought up in? think about it and you'll realize that you've been indoctrinated in this regard up to a point we're you try to enforce it yourself.
The ideas, not the man...focus for one second. In the context the concerning things spilling out his mouth seems far more pressing than his silly fashion choice.
Big fan of free speech and also Alex O’Connor. Great segment, I Would love to hear this debated at length.
2 of my favorite youtubers on TV this weekend. You get them Alex.
“Any cost for free speech is a cost worth paying [even if views that hurt minorities being spread is the cost].”
The point isn’t that marginalized group members don’t have to hear the harmful ideas, it’s so that everyone else doesn’t hear these ideas as easily, which fights against them spreading and maintaining systems of oppression. What’s really patronizing is assuming that you in fact know what folks from marginalized groups want, despite those group members’ and their allies’ protesting and speaking out to demonstrate what they want.
There are places where he is in the marginalized group as he pointed out.
You've gone full deepak chopra here.
loodlebop He would be marginalized in those places that he mentions (more so the Middle East than in the Bible Belt) but not really where he is. Also, just because he’s seemingly ok with a lack of safety (in places that he does not live), why should others be ok with less safe environments where they actually live?
Besides, I wonder how central to curricula that include I
John Locke those problematic views are compared to his other philosophies. And John Locke is different than an in-person speaker that people can feel a connection with. Similar to what the guy said, it’s more likely that someone would stumble upon the speaker than enrolling in a course studying John Locke.
@@JD82702 actually he has been threatened where he is already because of his views. Mainly due to his atheism
Who decides what the minorities should and shouldn't hear? Presumably the "allies" who happily shoulder that old white man's burden. No, it's better to let everyone hear everything *they wish to go hear.* Non-whites are adult enough to make their own decisions.
A pink shirt entitles you to special privileges.
Phil Chandler >> Two Shades of Pink; pink man is a fashion fascist...
You must be a proud owner of multiple pink shirts then
@@Hecatonicosachoron because?
If you believe that pink shirts endow the wearer with magical abilities you might want to partake to these "special privileges".
I definitely would if I happened to hold such beliefs about pink shirt metaphysics.
@@Hecatonicosachoron it does appear that pink shirts endow the wearer with the special privilege of being able to talk word salad instead of actually answering questions, and getting away with it.
Mr Raj wants to decide suitable content on behalf of the students Alex wants students to decide for themselves by listening
A distinction has to be made between speaking of the nature of the subject and/or preaching about it.
Even preaching has to be allowed under the banner of free speech. Censoring that dubbed as preaching can be done with subjective impunity.