University of Maryland Newspaper: Censor Speech That Makes Students ‘Feel Unsafe’

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A writer for the University of Maryland’s stuent-run newspaper penned a piece advocating for the censorship of speech that makes listeners “feel unsafe,” as he put it.

Are college students really being trained in the ways of despotic countries?

Truly, the upcoming generation has been brainwashed by the far left into thinking life is all about personal comfort.

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Linda Sarsour’s controversial rhetoric has raised a question in one University of Maryland student’s mind about censorship of speech.

Here’s what student Moshe Klein wrote: “When is something outside the parameters of acceptability? Where does free speech and offensive rhetoric begin?”

Well, Moshe, the Founding Fathers already answered that question. It’s called the First Amendment — the part about government not being able to make laws abridging the freedom of speech.

Breitbart has more:

Klein writes: “When is political correctness appropriate, and when is it used to avoid what makes us uncomfortable? These are pressing questions that college campuses around the country are struggling to answer.”

Klein goes on to argue that a controversial figure like Linda Sarsour should be able to speak on campus unless students take issue with her association with Rasmea Odeh, who was convicted in Israel of killing two Hebrew University students in 1969.

Sarsour’s case is where the line between feeling unsafe and uncomfortable becomes blurred. On the one hand, Sarsour should be allowed to speak even if she says things that make people feel uncomfortable. As a student who has openly condemned the BDS movement, I believe her view should not invalidate her ability to speak.

While I do not agree with it, support for BDS falls within the realm of acceptable discourse because it does not explicitly target a group. On the other hand, because of her connections to Odeh, she could genuinely make people feel unsafe. At that point, the discussion isn’t about Sarsour’s personal opinions but whether people will feel genuinely unsafe because of her connections.

Comments on the article question how Klein’s proposal for censorship would play out. Breitbart reported on this phenomenon is a previous article as “the tyranny of the anointed,” which described it as “the concept that there exist individuals wise enough to appoint themselves the arbiters of tolerant and intolerant speech.” Who at the University of Maryland is wise enough to determine which forms of speech are truly pose a risk to student safety?

“Moshe Klein’s opinion makes me feel unsafe,” one commenter wrote. “So he should be the first one who is censored, banished from campus and jailed…see how that works?”

“Feelings make for a poor standard,” another added. “Under that system, whoever is the most brazenly irrational can silence everyone else on campus. Just claim that you feel threatened by any opposing viewpoint whatsoever. In fact, that’s pretty much exactly what people try to do on every campus in the free world today.”

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LTE2
LTE2
6 years ago

Send her to Pakistan or the Sudan instead.

Robert Kahlcke
Robert Kahlcke
6 years ago
Reply to  LTE2

or Hell.

Jeff Moffitt
Jeff Moffitt
6 years ago

Remember the old saying “sticks and stones may break my bones, but WORDS can never hurt me”

Tobias Keith
Tobias Keith
6 years ago
Reply to  Jeff Moffitt

That aphorism is a little too tough for their little hearts.

JeromefromLayton
JeromefromLayton
6 years ago
Reply to  Tobias Keith

The problem is that “words” in the wrong place can kill careers and destroy lives. Nothing like being sued by your Home Owners’ Association for displaying a sign or flag.

Suresh
Suresh
6 years ago

While conservatives did not bother to look or pushback the Left/Liberals and islam took over media and education .

while they want to suppress free speech , it only helps the jihadi takeover.

While Muslim youths practice the art of torturing and beheading infidels http://bit.ly/2tlUWt3 …….to prepare for future jihadi attacks !

It does not matter what you do to please them , They will continue to prepare for jihad.

Most_vilified_one
Most_vilified_one
6 years ago

so no one will be able to talk to anyone. Might as well cut every ones tongue out. We will all have to sign. Then they will ban signing unsafe language. Might then cut all hands off.

Rocinante44
Rocinante44
6 years ago

this student newspaper makes me feel unsafe. it should be banned

Mark GoldbergD
Mark Goldberg
6 years ago

I’d prefer simple tar and feathering

Robert Kahlcke
Robert Kahlcke
6 years ago
Reply to  Mark Goldberg

That’s not you do to a wounded animal.

DancerTiffy
DancerTiffy
6 years ago

Censoring speech makes me feel unsafe.
How about me?

Mahou Shoujo
Mahou Shoujo
6 years ago

Precious fragile student turdlakes, so fearful, wringing their hands in angst over the merest though of personal discomfort. Guess what you wet behind the ears snivelling no loser left behind cultists, one day you will have to live in the real world, you are in for a profound shock, you will be splitting your disposable income between student loans and therapy.

Tobias Keith
Tobias Keith
6 years ago

All this talk about being unsafe makes me feel unsafe. Kindly shut down the University of Maryland for two weeks until I feel safe again.

JeromefromLayton
JeromefromLayton
6 years ago
Reply to  Tobias Keith

The U of M mascot is the terrapin, a turtle that walks around with its own “safe space”.

Robert Kahlcke
Robert Kahlcke
6 years ago
Reply to  Tobias Keith

or forever.

conan_drum
conan_drum
6 years ago

One notable person whose freedom of speech was never curtailed was Adolf Hitler.

harbidoll
harbidoll
6 years ago
Reply to  conan_drum

he didnt allow others to challenge him. Others that would have opened the eyes of the country! MORE speech, not less!!!!! kapish?

IzlamIsTyranny
IzlamIsTyranny
6 years ago
Reply to  conan_drum

He and his brownshirts eliminated any opposition to their viewpoints, they eliminated the free speech of those who were opposed to him and his ideology. I don’t care if Hitler rants and raves all day long — as long as decent people are allowed to freely criticise his viewpoints in the public sphere.

Robert Batchelor
Robert Batchelor
6 years ago
Reply to  conan_drum

Actually, his speech was curtailed by the Russians and his own hand in May 1945. And, he was a German citizen, not a US citizen so I’m not sure why you’re bringing him up. And, lastly, As already stated, he eliminated any competition or dissent.

JeromefromLayton
JeromefromLayton
6 years ago
Reply to  conan_drum

Actually, it was. He wrote Mein Kampf while he was in prison for inciting a riot [speech] and other charges.

Badu
Badu
6 years ago

The Qur’an contains hate speech. “Smite their necks.” “Cut off their fingertips.” “Lie in ambush and attack them”.
These are the instructions of Allah. A Muslim by definition is one who obeys the instructions of Allah. Some countries have laws against threats of physical violence, but America apparently has none.

JeromefromLayton
JeromefromLayton
6 years ago
Reply to  Badu

Actually, there are a lot of them including some Federal Code items. Social media comments can lead to a visit by the MIB [dark jackets and sunglasses folks] if the threat is made against some public figures.

Drew the Infidel
Drew the Infidel
6 years ago

Not to worry. Any little snowflake who feels offended by random remarks can seek therapy by fondling their Furbie.

linda goudsmit
linda goudsmit
6 years ago

ANARCHY IN ACADEMIA: CRY-BULLIES GONE WILD by Linda Goudsmit

The recent events at Evergreen College and at University of Maryland’s student-run newspaper would make great Saturday Night Live skits if they weren’t so serious and such an alarming portent of future social chaos.

Academia trains the future leaders of society – if colleges and universities are breeding racist anarchist cry-bullies instead of thoughtful leaders who can listen to other points of view, the future for America is tyranny of thought and totalitarianism.

The racist and infantile demands of the Evergreen and University of Maryland students expose the childishness of cry-bully functioning. Like two-year-olds screaming “I WANT WHAT I WANT WHEN I WANT IT” these student outbursts create cognitive dissonance for any rational adult watching. There is a sense of unreality that “this cannot be happening on campuses in America” – but it is happening all over the country at colleges and universities where cry-bullies have gone wild.

What is the source of their tantrums? Why are they being tolerated by the “adults” in charge? What is the purpose of cry-bullying outbursts?

The complete self-absorption of infants and young children is an expected condition of infancy and early childhood. There is no “other” in their consciousness – they operate on the narcissistic principle of self. When that narcissism is advanced into adulthood it is not only shocking it is dangerous. Early childhood is distinguished by its narcissism and society’s acceptance of that narcissism because growing up is a process and early childhood is the beginning of the process.

The first sign of emotional development is the baby’s recognition of “other.” The baby begins to recognize his mother/caretaker as separate from himself. The baby learns that if he cries mother will come to him. As he gets older the child realizes that he is dependent upon the care of the “other” and the child only experiences ”other” as existing to meet his/her own needs.

Only when the child begins to understand that “other” exists as a separate self who is as important as his own self as the child is to himself can the concept of reciprocity develop and ethical living begin.

What is so stunning about the behavior of cry-bullies on campus is their complete unawareness of “other.” Their infantile narcissism keeps them insulated in a prism of self. They do not see the staggering hypocrisy of ordering all white students and faculty off campus. If all black students and faculty were ordered off campus the cry-bullies would go wild screaming RACISM! Cry-bullies do not see the hypocrisy of demanding respect when they behave so disrespectfully. If professors started screaming and swearing at them the cry-bullies would go wild demanding blanks and SAFE SPACES! If conservative students demanded space to express their views in University of Maryland’s student-run paper the cry-bullies would need psychological counseling. Cry-bullies do not see the hypocrisy of their infantile demands.

The long-term consequences of a narcissistic perspective advanced into adulthood is that it is self-destructive. Thought precedes behavior. If an individual thinks like a child he/she behaves like a child. Childhood is distinguished by its powerlessness. Thinking like a child produces a victim mentality of blame and powerlessness that creates cry-bullies and temper tantrums instead of self-actualized adults capable of rational thought and constructive effective change.

The question is WHY would the “adults” in charge submit to the childish demands of a two-year-old? Why do ineffectual parents submit to the demands of their two-year-old?

Some are simply intimidated by the cry-bullying. Some are emotional children themselves and actually support cry-bullying. Some want to ingratiate themselves to the cry-bully and be their friend. Some are Leftists promoting anarchy. No matter what the motive, submitting to the demands of a two-year—old whether that child is chronologically two or emotionally two is a flawed strategy for the survival of a democratic America.

Parents need their children to grow into emotional adulthood and society needs its citizens to become emotional adults. A society of children is not sustainable – it will eventually collapse or be challenged and taken over by a society of adults. This is why the social chaos created on campus and advanced into society by the graduating cry-bullies is so dangerous.

Social chaos is the condition necessary to collapse American democracy and replace it with socialism -> internationalism -> globalism -> and ultimately one-world government ruled by the globalist elite. Social chaos is the agent of change for anarchists.

American campuses need an adult in charge to fend off the infantile demands of its cry-bully students. America needs adults an charge to fend off the infantile demands of the left-wing liberals promoting anarchy and the victim mentality of identity politics. American universities are the canary in the coal mine.

Candidate Hillary Clinton famously said that they (Democrats) need a public that is unaware and compliant. Unaware and compliant are the conditions of childhood. Children are powerless and can be exploited and controlled – exactly what Hillary wanted. When Hillary was unexpectedly defeated the Left went into overdrive to delegitimize, destabilize, and destroy Trump’s presidency. The “resistance” movement lead by lawless EX-president Barack Obama is an attack on American democracy.

Americans voted for an adult when they voted for Donald Trump. If the Left and their cry-bully politicians fomenting anarchy succeed in their campaign to overthrow constitutionally elected President Donald Trump then American democracy will be destroyed and the globalist elites will be able to impose one-world government on the unsuspecting cry-bullies on campus who were duped into believing they would get social justice and income equality for their efforts.

One-world government is a binary socio-political system of masters and slaves described unapologetically in chilling detail by Lord Bertrand Russell in his 1952 book “The Impact of Science on Society.” The irony for the black student cry-bullies is that they are participating in their own destruction. There is no freedom or upward mobility in one-world government – only tyranny and totalitarianism. The student cry-bullies will learn the hard way that their infantile behavior will reduce them to slaves like their ancestors. The white student cry-bullies will learn the hard way that their infantile behavior will reduce them to slaves like their ancestors too. Surprised? Don’t be. Individual freedom and human rights are a very young historical reality – 241 American years old to be exact – slavery is much older in world history.

ninetyninepct
ninetyninepct
6 years ago
Reply to  linda goudsmit

Do NOT hire anyone with those Colleges on their resume. Do NOT hire a Muslim. Do NOT rent to a Muslim.

Toy Pupanbai
Toy Pupanbai
6 years ago

“It is the duty of a newspaper to comfort the afflicted and to afflict the comfortable”!
Ref. “Inherit the Wind.” Movie.

JeromefromLayton
JeromefromLayton
6 years ago

“Feels unsafe”?? Wouldn’t that automatically ban Linda Sarsour from the campus?

Bruce Atchison
Bruce Atchison
6 years ago

These stories sure sound like they’ve been pulled from The Onion. Malcolm Mugerage said that it’s getting hard for comedians to come up with material because the world’s news is becoming farcical. This shows that his statement is even more appropriate today. I guess comedians should protest that news outlets are ruining their employment by being more absurd than they could ever be.

Robert Kahlcke
Robert Kahlcke
6 years ago

Sarsour, was whelped from a Swine who fornicated with a Goat, it goes to show you don’t have sex with barnyard animals. PERIOD

Robert Kahlcke
Robert Kahlcke
6 years ago

Save her Pussy Hat.

ninetyninepct
ninetyninepct
6 years ago

“Death to infidels”, “strike their necks” definitely makes me feel unsafe. Ban the Koran as hate speech.

Ban the Koran, ban the Koran.

Fastrax
Fastrax
6 years ago
Reply to  ninetyninepct

Yes, remove the hate speech and death to non-believers speech. This idea has to take root so that there is a peaceful Islam in the USA, if there is to be Islam at all. It is really too bad that the Bill presented by Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.) to identify Islamic leaders who do preach Islam’s
peaceful beliefs [whatever they may be] versus those who espouse orthodox Islamic views that practice Jihad did not pass. This Bill or another similar one has to become law if Islam and their Umma are to co-exist in the USA. Orthodox Islam with its push for a Caliphate through Jihad [violence until submission or death to non-believers] simply will not work under our structure of god-given rights protected by the Constitution for the United States.

Fastrax
Fastrax
6 years ago

Exactly Dancer Tiffy. What makes me feel unsafe is that mindless fools will seek to disregard the First Amendment because they presume to know when feelings and sensitivities are adversely impacted among their readers- as if this would be a lawful endeavor in the first place. Regardless, following their logic, shouldn’t we just begin to censor speech starting with this University of Maryland’s college newspaper- a newspaper that presumes to know what disagreement makes people feel unsafe? “It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.” Mark Twain

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