Where's the Outrage From Free Speech "Absolutists" Over These Stories?
Channel: The Humanist Report
Date: 18/04/2024

Our civil rights and civil liberties are being eroded—that includes our First Amendment rights. The so-called “free speech absolutists” are nowhere to be found. In this video we’ll talk about multiple troubling stories regarding the First Amendment and our right to organize mass protests and dissent.

Sources:
Three States Effectively  Lost the Right to Organize Protests (Vox, April 15, 2024): https://www.vox.com/scotus/24080080/supreme-court-mckesson-doe-first-amendment-protest-black-lives-matter
Tom Cotton’s Fascistic Op-Ed (The New York Times, June 3, 2020):
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/03/opinion/tom-cotton-protests-military.html
House Passes Resolution on ‘From the River to the Sea’ (The Hill, April 16, 2024):
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4598347-house-approves-resolution-condemning-palestinian-rallying-cry-as-antisemitic/ 
Dems that Voted to Censure Tlaib Silent on GOP Comments (The Handbasket, April 2, 2024): https://www.thehandbasket.co/p/rashida-tlaib-tim-walberg-torres-democrats-censure
Anti-BDS Laws by State (Jewish Virtual Library, Updated 2023): 
https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/anti-bds-legislation#:~:text=To%20date%2C%2038%20states%20have,The%20Senate%20passed%20S
USC Valedictorian Speech Canceled (HuffPost, April 16, 2024): https://www.huffpost.com/entry/usc-valedictorian-slams-school-for-canceling-her-speech_n_661ec490e4b015646f7968f8
Full Interview with Asna Tabassum (CNN, April 17, 2024): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uA8KqvAJJmo

Chapters:
0:00 Erosion of Rights
1:48 DeRay McKesson
6:37 Tom Cotton
8:04 House Condemns 'From the River to the Sea'
9:48 Tim Walberg Calls for Gaza to be Nuked
12:27 Valedictorian Asna Tabassum's Speech Canceled
13:45 Closing Thoughts
15:15 Outro

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