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Pro tip: I was dead set against speaker bans until last month at my nephew's college
I sat through a campus forum at Ohio State where a guy spent 20 minutes calling for violence against a specific religious group, and I realized my 'let everyone speak' stance was ignoring the line between speech and threats. The tipping point was watching three students walk out in tears while the speaker grinned at the crowd. Has anyone else had a moment where you changed your mind on where to draw that line?
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taylor_flores18d ago
Yeah I had the exact same thing happen at a local town hall meeting. Some guy got up and started saying trans people should be "dealt with" and half the room went quiet while he just kept pushing. Made me realize free speech doesn't mean you get to threaten people from a microphone.
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