U.S. Anti-Semitism Official: Harassment Is Not Free Speech – Allison Kaplan Sommer (Ha’aretz via Daily Alert)
Dec. 19, 2019 U.S. Anti-Semitism Official: Harassment Is Not Free Speech – Allison Kaplan SommerElan Carr, U.S. Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism, told Ha’aretz in Tel Aviv on Wednesday that the White House executive order aimed at protecting Jewish students at U.S. universities “has nothing to do with free speech. Harassment and intimidation is not protected […]
Read More →An Open Letter to Administrators at McGill, York, and U Toronto, By Richard L. Cravatts (FPM)
Dec. 9, 2019 As you are certainly aware, in recent weeks a series of troubling incidents has occurred on your respective campuses. While the events in question were distinct, they all shared a common impulse by a groups on your campuses who believe that they, and they alone, are able to set standards for free […]
Read More →The Dangerous Stalinism of the “Woke” Hard-Left by Alan M. Dershowitz (Gatestone Inst.)
Aug. 31, 2019 People on the “woke” hard-left seem so self-righteous about their monopoly over Truth (with a capital T) that many of them apparently see no reason to allow dissenting, politically incorrect, views to be expressed. Such incorrect views, they claim, make them feel “unsafe.” They can feel safe only if views they share […]
Read More →Palestinians: The New Hamas List of ‘Traitors’ by Khaled Abu Toameh (Gatestone Inst.)
May 23, 2019 One of the Arabs who have dared to speak the truth about Hamas and Islamic Jihad is Nadim Koteich, a prominent Lebanese journalist, who recently accused Islamic Jihad of starting the last round of fighting with Israel. In an interview with the Lebanese LDC TV channel, Koteich said that Hamas and Islamic […]
Read More →The War on Free Speech, by Mark Steyn (Steynonline)
Calling Out Around the World by Mark Steyn The War on Free Speech March 18, 2019 All jihad is local, but all “Islamophobia” is global. So, if a Muslim of Afghan origin shoots up a gay nightclub in Florida and kills 49 people, that’s just one crazed loner and no broader lessons can be discerned […]
Read More →Why Conservative and Liberal Centrists Should Ally to Save American Liberty, by Alan Dershowitz (Youtube)
Jan. 4, 2019 from: The David Horowitz Freedom Center Restoration Weekend November 15-18, 2018 Click here for video of 33 min. speech
Read More →Synagogue bullied by so-called “Anti-Racism Activist” by Daniel Bordman (Post Millenial)
Dec. 19, 2018 The overwhelming irony of this article will write itself, as a conference set to deal with the issue of how threats of Islamophobia hinder the ability for free speech had to be relocated due to threats of Islamophobia. This story would be funny, if there wasn’t something much more sinister behind it. […]
Read More →European Court of Human Rights Blasphemy Laws: Where a Word out of Place Can Cost Your Life, by Denis MacEoin (Gatestone Inst.)
Dec. 11, 2018 The European Court of Human Rights ruled that criticism of Muhammad constitutes incitement to hatred — meaning that in Europe, criticizing Muhammad is no longer protected free speech. What the court has actually done, however, is rule out the possibility of any debate in which a range of various experts and members […]
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