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Don Moynihan

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Old enough to remember when universities were told that security costs were not an excusing for abridging free speech

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ScreamInsideYour❤️'s avatar ScreamInsideYour❤️ @pir8z40.bsky.social
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The students should walk out of commencement silently, en masse.

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Phoebe Lostroh's avatar Phoebe Lostroh @profphoebe.bsky.social
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the admin = hypocrites

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John DeCock's avatar John DeCock @jdecock.bsky.social
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Oh I get it. Hate speech=free speech. Oppressed people fighting for their lives=You don't qualify for free speech.

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DSA Ethnic Benefits Case Manager, MSW's avatar DSA Ethnic Benefits Case Manager, MSW @acabcalloway.bsky.social
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Expropriate USC into the public university system immediately.

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Nigel Tufnel's avatar Nigel Tufnel @misterrora.bsky.social
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Gotta keep the donors happy. This is a terrible by-product of the screwed up finances of higher education.

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Ian Miles Schlong 's avatar Ian Miles Schlong @tedcruznipples.com
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Imagine paying $800k to protect Milo when they could have gotten him stomped out for free

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furnace's avatar furnace @furnace.bsky.social
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To be fair most of that was spent on removing all the green m&ms from the minibar in his trailer

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🌊🇵🇸🌊Lowbie Hancock🏳️‍⚧️'s avatar 🌊🇵🇸🌊Lowbie Hancock🏳️‍⚧️ @cathoderaygun.bsky.social
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they could have just not gotten any security. why does he need a safe space?

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Stephanie goes by Stephanie's avatar Stephanie goes by Stephanie @pagnificent.bsky.social
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This was such a stupid day on campus

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Twanald's avatar Twanald @doodoobrain.bsky.social
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It’s because for conservative speakers, the added security is for show and simple crowd control. But for guests considered an “enemy” by conservatives, the added security is to prevent mass violence. And they know it.

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Leigh, as in tea 🍵's avatar Leigh, as in tea 🍵 @revafisheye.bsky.social
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[Alt text] Hed & dek, above a photo of subject wearing a tacky as hell American flag hoodie and surrounded by goons and flunkies, reads: Milo Yiannapoulous' security cost UC Berkeley $800,000 US university grappling with budget cuts and layoffs spends sum on far-right speaker's 15-minute rally

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the clay (né sports despair / hobbies guy)'s avatar the clay (né sports despair / hobbies guy) @theclay.xyz
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freedom costs a buck-o-five * 761,904

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Dharhix's avatar Dharhix @dharhix.com
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That is just, so exhausting. Double and triple standards. Gawd.

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nonbinary fascist scotus 🏳️‍⚧️📲's avatar nonbinary fascist scotus 🏳️‍⚧️📲 @eatenofftheweb.bsky.social
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Classic white supremacy. Jesus. Well, I hope she speaks anyway.

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Emililly🏳️‍⚧️🔞's avatar Emililly🏳️‍⚧️🔞 @emililly.bsky.social
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ah of course, free speech is for fascist paedophiles not for palestinians

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wild how "authority" would appear to respect demands of authoritarians first and foremost

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BeefReeferLives's avatar BeefReeferLives @beefreeferlives.bsky.social
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"Compare and Contrast. What things are different in these two pictures?"

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Nolan Zugernat's avatar Nolan Zugernat @zugernat.bsky.social
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The new McCarthyism

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While almost all the chaos comes from outside universities, some aspects do hinge upon the quality of leadership. Carol Christ has led UC Berkeley effectively and UC Regents are pretty no-nonsense. OTOH, is there anything more important to USC's leaders than selling naming rights to donors?

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Kellen Hoxworth's avatar Kellen Hoxworth @kellenhoxworth.bsky.social
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You see, the children need to learn to deal with perspectives that they disagree with, as long as they aren’t perspectives that we, the administration, disagree with.

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Polito’s Way's avatar Polito’s Way @politosway.bsky.social
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I’d pay $800k to shoot Milo and his ilk into the Sun.

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Don Moynihan's avatar Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social
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I will acknowledge that USC is a private institution, while Berkeley is a public institution, so the free speech guarantees are different. At the same time, the student is told she cannot give her speech because of her social media profile, not the content of the speech itself.

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