A group of Syracuse university students are protesting against Ann Coulter being allowed to give a speech there. Leftists are always attempting political censorship so that is no surprise. The more people know the facts, the more they will see how shallow Leftist arguments are, so Leftists NEED censorship. What is amusing here is the logic used to argue for censorship:
"Ann Coulter's openly racist, sexist and hateful remarks violate Syracuse University's non-discrimination policy. Have we learned nothing from HillTV about respect for our fellow human beings? Evidently not. This is not an issue of free speech and hearing "both sides" of an issue. Her remarks directly infringe upon students' rights to feel safe and included in the campus community.
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One again we find Leftists in Freudian denial. They deny that they are doing exactly what they are doing: Blocking free speech. And I wonder where the right to FEEL anything, let alone feel "included" is to be found in the constitution? I can find the right to free speech there but no rights about how you feel. And constitutional law trumps all other law.
And dearest Ann is going to make some students feel unsafe? I guess that to Leftists, her cutting mockery of them must make her seem like a 500 pound gorilla!
Golliwogs only a Little Bit Incorrect in Britain
The police seized them but then had second thoughts and gave them back!
"Police in Herefordshire say they will not be charging a store owner after removing three toy golliwogs from his shop window. The toys were removed from a display at Pettifer's in Bromyard after someone complained they were offensive. Officers said the items will be returned but store owner Donald Reynolds will be advised about the sensitivities of displaying them. Mr Reynolds said he would continue to sell them. He said he had not received any complaints about the toys, which had been on display for two weeks, before they were seized."
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I am not really up on the U.S. golliwog scene but I had the impression that they are absolutely verboten there. But in any case, given the skyrocketing rate of real crime in Britain, shouldn't the police have something better to do than this farce? I wonder where the gollies were made? China, no doubt.
Update:
One reader tells me that there are NO golliwogs in the USA. Sad. I remember having a golliwog myself when I was a little kid and I quite liked it. It certainly never occurred to me that they were a caricature of an African.
