WaPo writer: Liberals should stop being ‘free-speech absolutists’ so they can silence conservatives

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The Blaze

The progressive view of the First Amendment’s guarantee of free speech was explained in a column in the Washington Post on Tuesday, where a liberal said that free speech that doesn’t align with progressivism is a “political weapon.”

Jennifer Delton, a professor at Skidmore College in Upstate New York, wrote the op-ed.

Her claims

Delton explained in her column that “maybe liberals shouldn’t be free-speech absolutists after all.”

The crux of the column centered on the violent clashes free-speech advocates and far-left activists have had on college campuses nationwide over the last several years. Delton wrote that “the alt-right and conservatives are using ‘free speech’ to attack and destroy colleges and universities.”

That forces “college presidents try to figure out whether the First Amendment protects conservatives’ right to create political spectacle and instigate violence,” she alleged.

To combat the “political foe” — conservatives who advocate for free speech — Delton called on her readers to remember “the 1940s, when New Deal liberals purged U.S. communists from American political life.” The communists of that time hid behind the guise of the First Amendment right of free speech to try and undermine Western democracy, which is why the Democrats at that time had to waiver on the First Amendment, she explained.

Bringing it full circle

Given the threat conservatives allegedly pose when advocating for free speech, Delton went on to suggest that the philosophy from the 1940s and 1950s on when to waiver on all free speech needs to be revisited.

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Censorship, liberal style.

[Valin]

August 30 2017

We often see people associated with the far left calling for an end to hate speech. Signs and stickers read "hate speech is not free speech." But often these hate speech laws are used against the left. What would happen in the US id we enacted these same laws Europe has?

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2 hours ago, Valin said:

 What would happen in the US id we enacted these same laws Europe has?

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August 30 2017

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