December 11, 2012 by David K. Sutton
Oh Holiday Tree, Thy Freedom Shines So Brightly
You are free to call it a Christmas Tree and someone else is free to call it a Holiday Tree. End of discussion.
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I don't think this represents everyone on the Left, but the Left does have a problem here. What do you think?
Opinion | The left’s misguided obsession with ‘cultural appropriation’
washingtonpost.com
Our culture is enriched by the melding of different artistic traditions.
"There is, they reckon, about a 10 percent chance of a temperature increase exceeding 6 degrees Celsius, or 11 degrees Fahrenheit. That would be a civilizational catastrophe, orders of magnitude more dangerous than the likely warming scenarios, and potentially on a scale that could threaten human life. Even if the likely scenarios were completely harmless, the far-right tail alone is horrific enough to justify significant steps. After all, they argue, people do not accept a 10 percent likelihood of a fatal car crash or terrorist attack."
What If Climate Scientists Are Guessing Wrong?
nymag.com
The New York Times’ new conservative columnist does not understand that the risk of errors runs both ways.
"He urged readers inclined to defend liberal norms on matters of speech to adopt “a more sophisticated understanding” and argued that “the parameters of public speech must be continually redrawn to accommodate those who previously had no standing.”
Were there “parameters of speech” at Berkeley 10 or 15 years ago that denied standing to students who have it today? What were the parameters? Who are the students?"
This College Administrator Thinks Free Speech Is Dangerous. Here's Why He's Wrong.
theatlantic.com
New York University Vice Provost Ulrich Baer’s op-ed in The New York Times is the latest challenge to unfettered debate that fails to withstand close scrutiny.