Tag Archives: Political Correctness

The New Yorker: Douglas Watt- ‘The Glittering, Corrosive Humor of Lenny Bruce’

Source:The New Democrat “Early in 1966, the entertainer Lenny Bruce, who died in the midsummer of that year at the age of forty from a self-administered overdose of morphine, gave his next-to-last public performance, at the Berkeley Community Theatre, a … Continue reading

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Skeptic Magazine: Michael Shermer- Interviewing Anthony Kronman: ‘The Assault on American Excellence’

Source:The New Democrat  “The former dean of Yale Law School argues that the feverish egalitarianism gripping college campuses today is out of place at institutions whose job is to prepare citizens to live in a vibrant democracy. In his tenure … Continue reading

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ACLU: A Supreme Court Fight For Students Free Speech Rights- The Story of John and Mary Beth Tinker

Source:The New Democrat If you look at American political culture from the 1960s and 70s, they have a lot of things in common with the Millennial’s today in the sense that they both have serious leanings on the Left ( … Continue reading

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The Onion: Pros and Cons of Free Speech on College Campuses

Source: This piece was originally posted at The New Democrat To be completely serious second ( which seems to go against everything that The Onion stands for ) a pro for being in favor of free speech on campus is … Continue reading

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Constitution Daily: NCC Staff- Looking Back: George Carlin & The U.S. Supreme Court

Source: This piece was originally posted at The Daily Review The blog writes a lot about political correctness and fascism, because we write a lot about comedy and write comedy ourselves and without free speech which is what political correctness … Continue reading

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Slate: Karina Longworth- ‘The Hollywood Ten Paid The Price For Refusing to Answer The $64 Question’

Source:The Daily Review  “The hearings on what the House Un-American Activities Committee called “the communist infiltration of the motion-picture industry” began on Oct. 20, 1947. At the insistence of lawyers representing the 19 “unfriendly” witnesses brought before the committee, the … Continue reading

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Constitution Daily: Staff- What’s Next For Free Speech?

Source: This piece was originally posted at The Daily Review: Constitution Daily: Staff- What’s Next For Free Speech? I’ll tell what I hope happens next for free speech in America which is probably going to sound very sarcastic and cynical … Continue reading

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The Steve Allen Show: Lenny Bruce (1959)

Source:NBC– Comedian Lenny Bruce on The Steve Allen Show in 1959. Source:The Daily Review “Lenny is tender/mean/sweet at the same time. Enjoy! One of my favorite comedy bits of him.” Source:Sam Legend Wrestling– comedian Lenny Bruce on The Steve Allen … Continue reading

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Paul Richards: The Free Speech Movement: Civil Disobedience in Berkeley 1964

Source: This piece was originally posted at The Daily Review: Paul Richards: The Free Speech Movement: Civil Disobedience in Berkeley 1964 I hate as a Liberal hearing California being called a liberal state and some bastion of liberalism. And just … Continue reading

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Associated Press: Lynne Hollander-Savio- Berkley’s Campus Free Speech Movement at 50

Source: This piece was originally posted at The Daily Review: Associated Press: Lynne Hollander-Savio- Berkley’s Campus Free Speech Movement at 50 The Millennial’s today who are still in college, the so-called Social Justice Warriors who want to establish their form … Continue reading

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