Sipsey Street Irregulars: The Stepford Students. Free speech is so last century. Today’s students want the ‘right to be comfortable’

Sunday, November 23, 2014

The Stepford Students. Free speech is so last century. Today’s students want the ‘right to be comfortable’

One of the censorious students actually boasted about her role in shutting down the debate, wearing her intolerance like a badge of honour in an Independent article in which she argued that, ‘The idea that in a free society absolutely everything should be open to debate has a detrimental effect on marginalised groups.’

10 comments:

Anonymous said...: All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others.; November 23, 2014 at 7:19 AM
Anonymous said...: Is there a link, Dutchman?; November 23, 2014 at 8:16 AM
Anonymous said...: My business is expanding but I sure don't plan on giving any of these clowns a job. They can just take their Assitude elsewhere.; November 23, 2014 at 8:34 AM
rexxhead said...: No link to the story?; November 23, 2014 at 9:18 AM
Anonymous said...: Mike--

Is there a link?

Thanks for all you do.

Ed G; November 23, 2014 at 9:34 AM
Anonymous said...: Link?; November 23, 2014 at 9:38 AM
Anonymous said...: Brilliant column. The debate in the short audio segment is a perfect illustration of the point of the piece.

Here's the link: http://www.spectator.co.uk/features/9376232/free-speech-is-so-last-century-todays-students-want-the-right-to-be-comfortable/; November 23, 2014 at 9:46 AM
Anonymous said...: Er? Why doesn't she just shut up then?

III; November 23, 2014 at 9:47 AM
Anonymous said...: maybe they're the reason the military is doing "zombie training". They act like zombies. On the upside, a horde of these sissy's coming at me would make my day a lot easier than a gang of three-pers coming at them...And let's give the parents their fair share of blame here. Don't they ever talk with their kids? Or are they of that same spineless mold. What do kids like these do in their first job when the boss yells at them? Go of crying and schedule an appointment with their shrink?; November 23, 2014 at 3:27 PM
Jimmy the Saint said...: Well, the good news is that the future is secure...

...for the Glorious Workers' Paradise, unfortunately...

until Islam comes a-knockin'.; November 23, 2014 at 9:29 PM

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This is no small thing, to restore a republic after it has fallen into corruption. I have studied history for years and I cannot recall it ever happening. It may be that our task is impossible. Yet, if we do not try then how will we know it can't be done? And if we do not try, it most certainly won't be done. The Founders' Republic, and the larger war for western civilization, will be lost.

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And when we are gone, the scattered, free survivors hiding in the ruins of our once-great republic will sing of our deeds in forbidden songs, tending the flickering flame of individual liberty until it bursts forth again, as it must, generations later. We will live forever, like the Spartans at Thermopylae, in sacred memory.

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