SIO40: Actually, Berkeley Is A Fierce Defender of Free Speech

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🗓️ 11 May 2017

⏱️ 48 minutes

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This might be my magnum opus on the overblown "war on free speech" in Universities. In my research I discovered that, to a degree even further than I thought, Berkeley administration has gone above and beyond in protecting free speech. They were willing to have Milo on campus despite the fact that intended to call out individual undocumented students AND call for the defunding of Berkeley itself. They offered several acceptable times and places to have Ann Coulter speak and she and the groups who invited her refused to comply with them. I go into more detail in the episode. I also discuss some recent studies and what they have to say about this whole free speech thing. I believe I have outlined a nuanced and principled position on this that will likely piss off people on either side of this debate. Give it a listen! Sources: Coulter Withdrew; Milo's Disgusting Attack; Berkeley Chancellor Statement on Milo; Breitbart Article on Milo's Intentions; Milo Riot; Liberty University Policy; Jail Time for Chuckling; Kansas Study on Free Speech Defense; Partisanship Study Keep sharing my video!! Honest Republican Campaign Ad Support us on Patreon at: patreon.com/seriouspod Follow us on Twitter: @seriouspod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/seriouspod For comments, email [email protected] Questions, Suggestions, Episode ideas? email: [email protected]

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0:00.0	You're listening to serious inquiries only. Oh, Hello and I'm your host Thomas Smith.
0:35.0	I've got what I think is a really interesting episode for you today.
0:38.0	I'm going to break down what's really going on at Berkeley. all this the Milo the Ann Coulter that all that stuff
0:47.4	I've looked into it extensively and I think I've got kind of some interesting conclusions for you
0:52.3	so look forward to that but also of course the kind of
0:53.7	some interesting conclusions for you so look forward to that but also of course the one time I record
0:56.3	Thursday's episode early all hell breaks loose in the news people are asking me about
1:01.2	Komi I think we we're going to have to look to
1:04.4	Tuesday's opening arguments for more in-depth explanation from Andrew. So
1:10.2	sorry I'm not addressing that today, but definitely we want to make sure we've got all our facts right and that we react appropriately.
1:18.0	So Tuesday's opening arguments definitely tune into that one.
1:21.0	But let's get right over to some commentary.
1:24.4	So I don't know where all of you are on this whole campus free speech alleged kind of war that's going on.
1:39.5	I don't know and I think you know where I am.
1:43.2	Maybe. We'll see.
1:44.2	I've adjusted a little after doing all this research, a little bit.
1:48.4	But one place I think we all need to be on the same page with
1:51.7	is with actual facts.
1:53.4	I think that it's one thing if we want to disagree
1:56.1	to the extent that something is an issue that,
1:58.9	you know, kids screaming on campuses
2:01.0	or speakers being disinvited, whatever it is, we can disagree on what. on establish a set of facts and at least agree on those for the most part and that's the first part of this for me
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