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Trump v artists — get ready to recalibrate your Irony Meter [Darleen Click]

When artists are confronted with speech they don’t approve of … Artists in Burlington were quick to respond after Trump’s campaign announced New Year’s Eve that he would appear Thursday at the Flynn. Many who posted on Facebook expressed dismay that the candidate whose controversial positions include a temporary ban on Muslims entering the United States is coming to their community that’s known for its all-inclusive views. […] Artists also

UC Berkeley’s Friday dump of a ‘steaming pile of ideology’ [Darleen Click] UPDATED

Screenshot from Twitter Let’s see now …the boundaries between protected and unprotected speech, between free speech and political advocacy… If the First Amendment means anything at all, it is the securing of the right of political speech, regardless of any stray adjective like “advocacy” or “partisan”. Chancellor Dirks keeps using the phrase “free speech” in the same way Totalitarian Left regimes use the phrase “People’s Democratic Republic”. From Jeff When