How true is this?

The left-wing are the champions of tolerance unless they don’t like you. They push for free speech unless they disagree with what your opinion is. They believe strongly in women’s rights, unless you are a pro-life woman. They will advocate for $15 minimum wage but will say nothing when your job is gone. They will say democracy is the best form of government and then kick and scream to overturn the results they did not vote for.

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GunSmoke9 · 56-60, M

All you have to do is look at colleges. Where conservatives are constantly under attack. Where leftist need safe spaces to protect them from opposing viewpoints. The left will resort to violence to stop free speech.

katielass · F

@GunSmoke9 Indeed, and this is precisely why everyone who values their constitutional rights should vote repub to keep those maggots out of power. I know the repubs aren't much better but they are not actively seeking to strip us of our rights.

QuixoticSoul · 41-45, M

@GunSmoke9 You folks have it all twisted. The government is not arresting people for saying stuff - so your constitutional rights are secure.

Free speech on campus is generally not a constitutional matter - it is an issue of free inquiry and academic freedom. These are values, not rights - and the details depend on the particular institution. For example, the UC system is an independent corporation - and can do whatever the fuck they want.

The only people who have freedom of speech without consequences on campus are tenured faculty. Want more conservatives in the academia? Hit the books.

Northwest · M

@QuixoticSoul Solid advice. For the UC system, the political lectures (and a lot of other lectures) are paid for through Alumni contributions, and that's not run by the school itself. Not to mention, that the "Milo" incident, was not Berkeley students, but rather outsiders who stormed the campus.

QuixoticSoul · 41-45, M

@Northwest Even when things are run by the schools directly - the way the system is set up and funded gives the state very little oversight, by design. They do what they want - they have the same obligation to host Milo as, say, Google. Under California law, they're the same class of entity.

Often, the way they operate doesn't enamor them to anyone, the system can be rather abrasive. "Fuck the Regents" was the rallying cry of the students when I was in school.

But hard to argue with success.

Northwest · M

@QuixoticSoul Fuck the Regents has always been the rallying cry of students :-)