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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
I gather you're not actually interested in discussing this? If you're not even going to bother considering the point (which has to do specifically with the fact that the left is in the moral majority in particular on campuses and therefore doesn't have to defend its views) and are just going to continue posting total non-sequiturs, we're not going to get anywhere.
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To be honest, the biggest issue with Peter's comment was "and liberals in general."
You can make your usually verbose arguments for it, but the free speech on campus debate is not being played on equal footing.
Young people of varying left-wing ideologies protest specifically toxic right-wing speakers, and yet conservatives like Peter feel very comfortable framing this as "the problem with liberals in general." Are these protesters violently rebelling against conservatives in general? or just the ones who hold specific views?
Do we know that all of the protesters are liberals? The problem I see with the entire debate is that peaceful protest is wonderful and a key part of our culture. I disagree with the blocking of the doors or the violence that eventually erupts, but people like yourself and peter VERY conveniently fall into the comfortable categorization of the problem being "liberals" or "the left" or whatever, and not of the much more direct issues of resorting to physical violence. This specifically is not an issue that is (in any way) exclusive of left-of-center ideologies, so it's categorization as a left-wing issue is disingenuous and deserving of the the laziest of rebuttals (which is why you find you're not "getting anywhere").
It's just ridiculous and moronic is all, that liberals are generally categorized as violent protesters unable to form the lines of thought required to defend their position (according to Peter), but when conservatives get called out for being racist, they panic and vote for Trump or cry foul.
Protest is great, and it's an wonderful way to "have the debate" like you and Peter are desperate to do.
Often on campus, I see the anti-abortion people with their blown-up pictures of dead fetuses. You know what else I almost always see? Someone protesting by holding their own sign, or standing in front of the image, or professing their pro-choice stance to the anti-abortion sign holder. This is protest. This is good. I don't see any fights. These people aren't blockaded from trying to spread their anti-abortion message... but liberals on campus are supposedly the problem. I think I've seen one anti-abortion person get upset that a "liberal" was blocking their sign, and I've seen one "liberal" raise their voice. Never a moment of violence in the multiple times I've witnessed these interactions. But "liberals" have a problem "in general."
My opinion: people see only what they want to see, and conservatives love the confirmation bias that a news report on a left-wing protest turned ugly presents. Love it all you want. It's sad, and worthy of very little intellectual consideration.