Thread: Free Speech violently attacked in Berkeley

Originally Posted by Cold Pizza

The Berkely protesters handed up a golden nugget, in addition to looking like idiots for much of the American public.

Spare me. Every other day there is a report about a Trump supporter assaulting muslims, torching mosques etc. Where is your outrage when this kind of shit happens?

Originally Posted by Humbert

Originally Posted by Cold Pizza

The Berkely protesters handed up a golden nugget, in addition to looking like idiots for much of the American public.

Spare me. Every other day there is a report about a Trump supporter assaulting muslims, torching mosques etc. Where is your outrage when this kind of shit happens?

I don't agree with it nor condone it.

And I don't get "outraged" by anything. I cannot stand that term. It's on the news.

People are "outraged." Strongly disagree? Yes. Outrage = emotional hysterics.

Get a life peeps.

^

Good find ENT. Quite noticeable that nearly all of the denial of free speech events comes from the "left". The only two listed as coming from the "right" would appear to be coming from hard-core religious groups that don't want to hear anybody defend abortion. That seems to be the only issue on with this "right" wished to shut down the debate.

The left don't appear to be willing to hear much of anything except stuff they already believe. They must be terrified of somebody saying things that might make them think twice. Surely they have "safe zones" all set up where all things spoken or written are carefully filtered out so as not to offend them....or cause "triggers"

What a great learning environment.

Much of England's more genteel society were shocked and offended when Charles Darwin published and lectured on his "Origin of Species" Women covered their ears, people walked out in disgust.

Mr Darwin, you have said we are descended from monkeys, pray say it isn't so....it cannot be so.....

Universities of all places should be willing to open up debate on anything....being as they (faculty and student body) are supposed to be so learned, intelligent, tolerant and open to ideas. Clearly a great many of them do not seem to be what they imagine themselves to be.

The subject is tolerance. It is important to point out that many conservatives are the most tolerant people around. They are tolerant of racism, bigotry, sexism, misogyny and alternate facts. Give yourselves a big round of applause.

Originally Posted by CSFFan

Berkeley fucked up by destroying shit....they're supposed to be smarter that that...

Berkeley has never been about political correctness

Originally Posted by Humbert

The subject is tolerance. It is important to point out that many conservatives are the most tolerant people around. They are tolerant of racism, bigotry, sexism, misogyny and alternate facts. Give yourselves a big round of applause.

You are a perfect example of what Koman is talking about, you have no clue because you live in a liberal bubble.

Originally Posted by RPETER65

You are a perfect example of what Koman is talking about

The idea that what koman is talking about is anything other than simplistic, Trumpian generalization is ludicrous.

Originally Posted by Humbert

The idea that what koman is talking about is anything other than simplistic, Trumpian generalization is ludicrous.

Simplistic.....generalization......and then we get.....

Originally Posted by Humbert

. It is important to point out that many conservatives are the most tolerant people around. They are tolerant of racism, bigotry, sexism, misogyny and alternate facts.

What can anyone say after such thoughtful a response and stunning insight.....

Originally Posted by koman

Quote:
Originally Posted by Humbert . It is important to point out that many conservatives are the most tolerant people around. They are tolerant of racism, bigotry, sexism, misogyny and alternate facts. What can anyone say after such thoughtful a response and stunning insight.....

I said 'many' conservatives. If I would have said 'all' conservatives I would have been guilty of a generalization fallacy.

Originally Posted by bsnub

Originally Posted by Mr Earl

a real threat to libtard values!

Him going to Berkley to speak is no different than if the KKK tried to speak in Compton. Get real.

He is nothing but a spastic and the only people that listen to the sewage he spews are retards like you who read brietbart. Apparently you are ok with white house controlled propaganda yet you rail against the main stream media. What a hypocrite.

Ah yes, that pinnacle of Ivy League erudition, UCLA (the University of Compton at Los Angeles).
Nobody will ever know how much of a spastic he is if he is violently prevented from speaking. Education with walls is not education. Voltaire anyone?!

...but then isn't this the shrill warcry of the left, who already have all the answers?

Originally Posted by Humbert

Originally Posted by koman

Quote:
Originally Posted by Humbert . It is important to point out that many conservatives are the most tolerant people around. They are tolerant of racism, bigotry, sexism, misogyny and alternate facts. What can anyone say after such thoughtful a response and stunning insight.....

I said 'many' conservatives. If I would have said 'all' conservatives I would have been guilty of a generalization fallacy.

Yeah, you're just hedging instead...

Argumentum Ad Populum
Abstract: The argument based upon what most or all people think or believe is characterized and shown to be sometimes persuasive but normally fallacious.

Argumentum Ad Populum

...throw in a Straw Man for good measure, why don't ya ...there's your "Rule of Three".

^Maybe you need to look the meanings of many, most and all. They are different.

Literally yes, but your inference is what is different.

Originally Posted by Humbert

Originally Posted by koman

Quote:
Originally Posted by Humbert . It is important to point out that many conservatives are the most tolerant people around. They are tolerant of racism, bigotry, sexism, misogyny and alternate facts. What can anyone say after such thoughtful a response and stunning insight.....

I said 'many' conservatives. If I would have said 'all' conservatives I would have been guilty of a generalization fallacy.

Having read most of your posts over the last few years it is obvious you meant to say all conservatives.

Originally Posted by CaptainNemo

Literally yes,

let me guess....you have an "alternative literalism" to go along with your "alternative facts"..

Originally Posted by CaptainNemo

Literally yes, but your inference is what is different.

No, I choose my words very carefully and anticipate idiotic responses.

Originally Posted by aging one

Originally Posted by Farangrakthai

Originally Posted by Thai3

Milo speaks

agree with milo about college campuses and all that "safe spaces, trigger warnings" nonsense.

university is the time to broaden your horizons, as it were, and learn critical thinking skills like how to view things from different perspectives.

the left on uni campuses these days reminds me of kindergarten when the teacher told us to bring out our towels and have a nap.

really doubt even the most left wing td poster believes this political correctness (taken to an extreme) is good for a university education.

berkeley students: please, we needed a trigger warning (months notice) for us to get our beanbags, twinkies and cupcakes ready in various safe spaces around the campus."

you got really old didnt you?

pray tell, what do you disagree with in my post, a.o.?

Originally Posted by RPETER65

Having read most of your posts over the last few years it is obvious you meant to say all conservatives.

Read above. Your ignorance knows no bounds REPEATER.

^Other than the facts that according to Berkeley police 1000 people participated in the protest, 100-150 people caused all the violence, there were 2 or 3 injuries, there were no arrests and property damage was estimated at $100K, what other alternative facts would you like to report?

^So that makes it ok that there were only 2-3 injuries and no arrests. How many people does it take to be either arrested or injured...to make it not ok to stop free speech?

There was one arrest.

Edward Thomas Kuo, a 19-year-old man who is not affiliated with the campus, was arrested Wednesday night on suspicion of remaining “in the place of a riot,” according to UCPD spokesperson Sgt. Sabrina Reich.

The question to be answered is why only one?