tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279973426476621559.post690532736183854340..comments2023-04-03T05:20:01.318-04:00Comments on Young, Hip and Conservative: a skeptical blog: Freedom of speech trumps toleranceMichaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00427964335321253510noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279973426476621559.post-71416298480436125592010-11-16T11:37:47.532-05:002010-11-16T11:37:47.532-05:00Unfortunately as a former teacher in the public sc...Unfortunately as a former teacher in the public schools, you would be surprised how often student comments about politics are misconstrued but their teachers. Most classrooms where political discussions go on are run by far left teachers who are suppose or should take a center stance and play devils advocate to students opinions. That way students learn from all angles of an argument. <br /><br />Unfortunately, like this story that does not happen, to often students with conservative view points are ridiculed by other students and teachers, something that I have experienced as a student and as a teacher.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18195380376315225386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279973426476621559.post-8977603890889809452010-11-16T10:57:19.806-05:002010-11-16T10:57:19.806-05:00As a dude that also usually finds himself on the s...As a dude that also usually finds himself on the side of "evil" but for righteous reasons (excuse the religious connotation there), I'll voice my support for your point of view here, Michael. It is very frustrating when run-of-the-mill liberals preach acceptance, but act by censoring those with whom they disagree. This is such an epidemic, it is easy to forget that there are liberals who are truly open-minded. Jeremy and Robert, on behalf of Libertarians everywhere, thank you for embodying that which true liberalism should be about.Abnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07767095082274383613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279973426476621559.post-60604174139863075962010-11-16T10:40:16.943-05:002010-11-16T10:40:16.943-05:00You just need to hang out more with the right libe...You just need to hang out more with the right liberals. I don't think anything you've written here is disagreeable.Jeremyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14317329031513410342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1279973426476621559.post-69775783884439236522010-11-16T10:40:05.012-05:002010-11-16T10:40:05.012-05:00Well, this is one liberal who agrees with you. I&#...Well, this is one liberal who agrees with you. I'll even point out that the more liberal, more progressive action would have been to use it as a teachable moment, as the ACLU representative suggested. There are a few nits here not worth picking, but one that is worth picking is the exact content, as quoted, of the student's speech. Not "accepting" homosexuals is analogous to not "accepting" another's race. That is no excuse to limit someone's speech, but it does provide insight that the comments were not as mild as the milquetoast AP made them out to be.Robert Morrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03209258363898318472noreply@blogger.com