[Peace-discuss] [Peace] showing up for racial justice / on campus December 2, 2015; 1pm

[C. G. Estabrook]

It’s very dangerous to describe free speech as a "disingenuous excuse,” because it implies that disingenuity can justify its abridgment.  


> On Dec 1, 2015, at 10:54 AM, Brussel, Morton K <brussel at illinois.edu> wrote:
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> Why is it very dangerous to say that what they are saying is very wrong…? An example of “free speech”. 
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>> On Dec 1, 2015, at 9:37 AM, C. G. Estabrook <carl at newsfromneptune.com> wrote:
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>> This is very dangerous. If you don’t believe in free speech for people and ideas you despise, you don’t believe in it at all. 
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>>> … We are disgusted by the disingenuous excuse of “free
>>> speech” used to defend white supremacist groups while those who align
>>> themselves with such groups carry out attacks on Black people and
>>> Black Lives Matter activists across the country...
>> 
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