#GWU had students arrested & barred from campus, sanctioned orgs, modified policies, closed quads, brought in extra security, & more that I say obstructed too much legit #speech. Even built an ugly fence in Trumpian style - maybe if they’d gilded it!
All called “no meaningful action” and demands for “immediate remediation … and related reforms.” Testing social sciences theory is tough but pretty tidy proof “anticipatory obedience” won’t save you! #law #academia #higherEd https://www.justice.gov/crt/media/1410936/dl?inline
#politics #speech #rhetoric #logic
'A new study... has found that speeches in the U.S. Congress have increasingly relied on emotional and subjective language over the past several decades, drifting away from language grounded in facts and evidence'
https://www.psypost.org/congressional-speeches-have-shifted-away-from-evidence-based-rhetoric/
Before you say anything, ask yourself whether it’s necessary or not. If it’s not, don’t say it.
This is the first step in training the mind — for if you can’t have any control over your mouth, how can you expect to have any control over your mind?
~Ajahn Fuang
If you're American...you should very worried. I am. Freedom of speech, could go out the window.
Ted Cruz wants to use RICO laws on alleged protest funders
The bill would classify alleged protest funding as a racketeering offense.
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz is going after companies and individuals he says are funding 'antisemitic, pro-illegal' violent protests across the country.
#RICO #protests #racketeering #speech #freedom
https://www.chron.com/politics/article/ted-cruz-ice-palestine-protests-20782531.php
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#keynote #speech by Dr Salman Abu Sitta, #Barcelona University conference JUN-04 2025
#EUcrimesByDesign #humanrights
#CrimesAgainstHumanity
Video credit: PalestineLandSociety
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/20/two-uk-pro-palestine-organisations-have-bank-accounts-frozen-gmfp-psc. This is yet more #evidence of #freedom to #protest, freedom of #thought, #speech & #expression being suppressed in this supposedly "free" country, especially insofar as it relates to #Palestine, @palestine.
It's high time that someone got the mice speaking more clearly for us humans.
https://www.npr.org/2025/02/18/nx-s1-5296947/human-gene-variant-alters-the-voices-of-mice
#mice #speech