Seriously, what even is the basis for this interview? They’re acting like it’s surprising to allow political speech on campus or for tax payers to be able to use the public university they fund
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mozz@mbin.grits.dev 5 months ago
who is this random stranger setting up a table talking about a thing I find upsetting but it's protected by state law
"Well, we didn't mean these kinds of things I find upsetting."
"What kinds of things in terms of upsetting speech were you planning on protecting vigorously?"
"Oh... well, you know..."
(I also like the little construction where they imply Texas invented the first amendment)
AA5B@lemmy.world 5 months ago
mozz@mbin.grits.dev 5 months ago
They were trying to justify why it's okay for conservatives to come and set up a table and hand out cryptofascist literature. Giving the interview was lecturing any left wing students that they need to get used to that because it's not stopping. Like a lot of their principles, they were only meaning for it to be applied in one direction.
I do think they were surprised that they'd even need to deal with refusing to apply it in the opposite direction, because I think there is a general assumption in the minds of modern conservatives that all the "normal people" agree with them, and so it's always a little bit of a shock if a big bunch of people are unanimously against them (even if, in a logical sense, it shouldn't be surprising).
DrWeevilJammer@lemmy.ml 5 months ago
“Everything is bigger in Texas” - especially the lies