tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3939909775405220345.post3453937851717137091..comments2024-03-01T10:16:11.283-08:00Comments on AmericanStudies: January 28, 2014: Football Focalizes: Racism and ForgivenessAmericanStudierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06483077716534996778noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3939909775405220345.post-51552123136032204432014-01-28T16:51:06.296-08:002014-01-28T16:51:06.296-08:00Thanks for the comment! I certainly agree that &qu...Thanks for the comment! I certainly agree that "free speech" is in that case, as in most times it gets evoked these days, a red herring, or at best a shift of the focus away from the horrific content of the speech to the idea we can and should be able to say whatever with no consequences (economic, professional, personal, whatever). And perhaps the worst effect is that we end up not debating the content, and thus not even vaguely advancing our communal conversations about the actual issues (rather than this false "free speech" one).<br /><br />Thanks,<br />BenAmericanStudierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06483077716534996778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3939909775405220345.post-12376593190676839362014-01-28T16:45:30.476-08:002014-01-28T16:45:30.476-08:00Please read using the sharpest, most finely-aged s...Please read using the sharpest, most finely-aged sarcasm...<br />Phil Robertson (Robinson, Robeson, IDK/IDC) is a true-American. He speaks his mind and I support the freedom speech.. unless someone is actually trying to enact positive change or work towards the enlightenment of our culture, then they should shut their commie mouths.<br /><br />Okay, silliness aside, normally I wouldn't waste my time thinking about a fool on a reality show. But after he decided to open his fool-hole and utter bigoted ugly nonsense I was more surprised by students, colleagues and people I considered my betters who rallied to his support.. or rather "free speeches" support. But these people, students, colleagues and most especially my betters didn't seem to be concerned with Edward Snowden, or Julian Asange exercising their freedom of speech. So we only want to protect freedom of speech when it supports a negative, hideous, antihumanist agenda, but flying-spaghetti-monster forbid we engage in a debate on the use of NSA's abuse of it's power without acknowledging that said government is trying to hunt down the very person responsible for the beginning of the discourse.<br />Ugh. I give up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com