Yeah they really didn't think this through huh?
Sure they did. They'll make sure that Ben Shapiro can speak wherever he likes and left-wingers can get blocked to university administrators' hearts' content.
Yeah, but if he is stating that he wants to protect free speech on campuses than it has to go both ways. Like when the state of Oklahoma said religious imagery should be allowed on public properties so the satanic temple put a statue of Baphomet up, which made them change their tune real quick. Super liberal speakers should use this opportunity to speak on right wing campuses.
Of course it has to go both ways, but with the US federal courts now the way they are, quite possibly poised to throw out things like the
Lemon test (I honestly would not be surprised to see that go out the window soon), don't hold your breath on whether they'll be able to get away with it.
EDIT:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLduoh-cheMKyle Kulinski said what I wanted to say better than I could:
Totally, unironically, one hundred percent serious, I support--what he actually just did, after this speech he signed an executive order, like, reaffirming free speech on college campuses or something. Totally support it. Not hedging, no caveats, totally support it. Totally support it.
Now the reality of the situation is this: I think now every single Antifa chapter, every single group of Black Panthers, New Black Panthers, actual communist groups, Democratic Socialists of America, me, all left groups on campuses should invite these characters to speak now, and watch in real time the hilarious flipflopping that occurs right in front of you.
They will immediately change it from, oh my god, did we say free speech, we only meant for fucking, like, Milo Yiannopoulos and Ben Shapiro and Steven Crowder, and when we say we're against political correctness, what we mean by that is we want to be able to say things that are factually untrue and have you not rebut it. That's what they mean.
So, but, OK, if you have a principled belief in free speech, great. Me too, I support the executive order, but now I want Antifa speaking places, Black Panthers, communists, Democratic Socialists, go ahead. Come on. Go do it.
EDIT #2:
https://waysandmeans.house.gov/sites/democrats.waysandmeans.house.gov/files/documents/TIGTA%20REPORT-UNREDACTED%20FINAL.pdfOne of the "fuck you blue states" provisions of the Republican tax increase law was the cap on the SALT deduction effective in 2018, which is part of the reason why a lot of taxpayers have seen their refunds decrease or disappear.
In 2018, Kevin Brady, then chair of the House Ways and Means Committee (now ranking member), asked for a review of the effect of the cap--specifically, what it would have meant for 2017 taxes.
The result? Almost eleven million taxpayers would have been affected, losing three hundred and twenty-three billion dollars in deductions.
I should add that these are all actual people who were affected--there is no cap on SALT deductions for businesses.
EDIT #3:
https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/RatingWorldLeaders2019.pdfGallup released their poll on how various countries view the US, Germany, China, and Russia as world leaders. During Pres. Obama's tenure, the US was consistently at the top. Now the US has been thoroughly overtaken by Germany, with their numbers having plummeted in 2017 and stayed about constant in 2018.
One particular result of note (to me, anyway) is that Canadians now absolutely
despise US leadership, with only 16% approving of "the job performance of the leadership" of the US, while 79% disapprove.
Also of note is the vast disparity in approval between Israel and Palestine.
