Is Free Speech Under Attack in this Country?

[thethe]

I think its helping someone who is dealing with clear mental instability.

Instead of coddling maybe we try something else?

[Jaw]

I guess my question would be this: if you knew someone who was born female and very clearly expressed herself as female, would you refer to her as ‘he’ intentionally? I feel like most people would say no, and that it would be disrespectful to continue doing so if she asked you to stop. I just don’t see why that same courtesy shouldn’t be applied to Trans people. It feels openly disrespectful and hurtful to intentionally misgender someone. I don’t think people should be thrown in prison over doing so or anything, but I’d prefer it if they stopped and considered their actions.

My opposition is more to the movement than any one person. The push to normalize this has predictably resulted in lots of kids declaring themselves trans during the most confusing times of their lives. When this is fad is pointed out as dangerous by the likes of Abigail Shrier or the Harry Potter author, they're blamed as bigots or given the "literally killing people" line. It's absolutely absurd, and completely predictable, behavior from the social progressives. That is where the anger, outrage, resistance, or whatever you want to call it comes from among those opposing the movement.

I have no ill will toward the individuals suffering from this stuff, beyond their engagement in the above behavior. They're mentally ill, no different than people hearing voices or often living homeless on the street. I pity them for their confusion, for the trauma that led to their confusion, and for the twisted society that encourages their deviance instead of helping them see reality.

[nsacpi]

Looks like we have a latter-day version of the BYU ban on beards. How people wear their hair seems to me a form of expression. Even more it is a form of expressing one's identity. In the case of minors, it should be left to them and their parents.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/natio...-hair-lawsuit/

School officials in Texas forced a 9-year-old boy to serve an in-school suspension for a month, deprived him of recess and normal lunch breaks, and banished him from campus to an alternative school — all to pressure the fourth-grader into getting a haircut, a new lawsuit says.

Still, the boy refused to obey what he believes is an unjust school policy that bans boys from having long hair.

The boy, identified as A.C. in court documents, is one of seven students suing a Texas school district for what they call a discriminatory policy that requires boys to wear short hair. The American Civil Liberties Union of Texas filed the federal lawsuit Thursday on the students’ behalf against the Magnolia Independent School District, which serves some 13,000 students about 40 miles northwest of Houston.

The students, aged 7 to 17, allege that the district’s policy prohibiting boys from wearing long hair is based on gender stereotypes that violate the Constitution. They say administrators apply it unevenly, allowing some boys to wear long hair that violates the district’s grooming standards while punishing others. Those suing the district said that punishment has caused them “immense and irreparable harm.”

the "immense and irreparable harm" part is hyperbole, albeit mild hyperbole by today's standards...but this strikes me as a significant case for those of us who care about freedom of expression...and i might add this is not a private company deciding what kind of activities to permit on its platform...or a private university banning beards...this is government infringing on citizens' freedom of expression

[sturg33]

It's funny to me that these are the types of stories that draw your senile brain out from under the bed

[sturg33]

[Jaw]

It's not even that. They're happy for the issues to be discussed, as long as the discussion reinforces their viewpoint. Saying that Levine is a biological male should not be controversial, it's an undisputed fact.

[mqt]

Hey look, free speech might actually be under attack!

[thethe]

Hey look, free speech might actually be under attack!

Yeah. That’s not what’s happening here but I guess if you believe he country is heading in the right direction you’d think this was an example of free speech restriction.

[sturg33]

[Jaw]

Hey look, free speech might actually be under attack!

I'm sure it's ridiculous to suggest the removal of some of the books on that list. I'm also sure some of them should have never been in a school to start with. The photos of gay porn graphic novels found in VA and TX schools over the past few days have made that clear and will likely draw an overreaction. If you want to radicalize people, go after their kids.

[mqt]

To be fair, her title really doesn’t contradict there since she’s clearly aware of the current legal status. Still a dumb tweet, though.

[sturg33]

The useless corporate media is now mobilizing to demonize "let's go brandon" and you can be sure they will try to cancel people for saying it.

[sturg33]

All they do is try to censor opposition at every turn

[zitothebrave]

How dumb are you?

""It is finally time for Republicans and Conservatives to fight back— we have more people than they do— by far! Boycott Major League Baseball, Coca-Cola, Delta Airlines, JPMorgan Chase, ViacomCBS, Citigroup, Cisco, UPS and Merck. Don’t go back to their products until they relent. We can play a better game than them," he said. "

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-w...georgia-voting

[sturg33]

[goldfly]

I wonder why this didn’t make it to this thread from the all knowing hovering above us big brain fraud boy

[thethe]

I'm for burning books that normalize mental illness to children.

[goldfly]

I'm for burning books that normalize mental illness to children.

Oh man, a fraud boy is gonna be really upset with you now

[thethe]

Oh man, a fraud boy is gonna be really upset with you now

I will happily protect the children of this nation from the communist color revolution.

[goldfly]

I will happily protect the children of this nation from the communist color revolution.

You really need help

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