JEFF Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 As long as you agree with them... L.A. NowCalifornia: This just in LOCAL L.A. Now Q&A It's a clash of free speech and hate speech as Milo Yiannopoulos is shut down at UC Berkeley A speech by conservative firebrand and Milo Yiannopoulos was canceled at UC Berkeley on Wednesday amid violent protests that prompted President Trump to suggest cutting funding to the university. Matt Hamilton, Peter H. King, Teresa Watanabe and Shelby GradContact Reporters Angry protests Wednesday night at UC Berkeley forced the cancellation of a talk by conservative firebrand and Donald Trump supporter Milo Yiannopoulos on Wednesday. That sparked criticism from President Trump, who said on Twitter: “If U.C. Berkeley does not allow free speech and practices violence on innocent people with a different point of view - NO FEDERAL FUNDS?” Trump’s tweet heightens a debate already roiling the University of California over free speech, hate speech and what to do about Yiannopoulos. Here’s a look at the free speech issues and what we know about how vulnerable funding could be: What’s the backstory on Yiannopoulos? Yiannopoulos’ campus talks have generated protests and anger from students and faculty, but top UC officials have generally said they believe he has a right to speak. Less than a month before the events in Berkeley, protesters at UC Davis prevented him from speaking on their campus. Some in the university said both cancellations were a blow to free speech and that Yiannopoulos should be allowed to be heard, no matter how offensive his views are. A scheduled speech by Breitbart's Milo Yiannopoulos at UC Berkeley on Wednesday was canceled amid protests that grew violent. What’s the counter viewpoint on his right to speak? Opponents of Yiannopoulos say he is a provocateur who has no place on campus. At Berkeley, a letter by a dozen faculty members argued that his talk could be canceled on the grounds that his actions — which they called “harassment, slander, defamation and hate speech” — violated UC Berkeley’s code of conduct. Where do top UC officials stand? UC President Janet Napolitano and the Board of Regents have advocated fighting offensive speech with “more speech” rather than censorship. This concept was included in “Principles Against Intolerance” approved by UC regents last year as guidelines for the 10-campus system. Campus administrators are counseling a similar approach to those urging a ban on Yiannopoulos. Some free-speech advocates have cited cases similar to Yiannopoulos.’ Berkeley allowed African American student organizations to sponsor a 2012 campus visit by Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, who has been widely accused of anti-Semitism, racism and homophobia. The UC president at the time, Mark Yudof, denounced Farrakhan’s message, but defended his right to speak. UC Berkeley spokesman Dan Mogulof on Thursday condemned this week’s violence and said that campus officials went to "extraordinary lengths" over weeks of planning to help the Berkeley College Republicans prepare for the event. "We thoroughly condemn the violence and lawless behavior, and we deeply regret that the actions of a few trampled on the 1st Amendment rights of others," he said. How dependent is the UC system on federal funding? Very dependent. The UC’s total budget generally runs well over $20 billion, but several billion of that comes directly from the federal government. “Federal funds are the university’s single most important source of support for research, generating $2.8 billion and accounting for nearly 51% of all university research expenditures in 2013-14,” according to a UC report. “While UC researchers receive support from virtually all federal agencies, the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation are the two largest sponsors, accounting for nearly 80% of UC’s federal research contract and grant awards.” UC, for example, manages the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, which gets more than $700 million in federal funds, that report said. http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-yiannopoulos-trump-berkeley-20170202-story.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Skidooski Posted February 2, 2017 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted February 2, 2017 Free speech................................Only for the ass chapped Libruls Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momorider Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 The irony Berkeley was a bastion of Leftard freedom speech clowns from like forever, Universities were always the centers for the free exchange of ideas, funny how Leftards fuck up everything they touch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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