Marshall Sutherland

Sun, 13 Jun 2021 14:09:41 -0400

dwatney@hub.farthinghalearms.com

#^Seeking Truth in the Misinformation Age (with Jonathan Rauch)

Disinformation. Trolling. Conspiracies. Social media pileâ€â€‹ons. Campus intolerance. On the surface, these recent phenomenons appear to have little in common. But together, they are driving an epistemic crisis: a multiâ€â€‹front challenge to Americaâ€™s ability to distinguish fact from fiction and elevate truth above falsehood.

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Sat, 12 Jun 2021 11:23:52 -0400 last edited: Sat, 12 Jun 2021 11:26:46 -0400

Marshall Sutherland

dwatney@hub.farthinghalearms.com

Tiago Peixoto wrote the following post Sat, 12 Jun 2021 03:11:05 -0400

An excellent text about a crucial point that should be more widely understood: censorship has *always* been justified by the greater good, but it *never* was.

The Peril of Politicizing Science, by Anna I. Krylov

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c01475

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Sat, 12 Jun 2021 11:25:42 -0400

Marshall Sutherland

dwatney@hub.farthinghalearms.com

credit to @Alexandre Hannud Abdo for sharing this

Mon, 14 Jun 2021 22:50:01 -0400

Chloe

starrychloe@fsphub.org

Similar theme #^The Forbidden History of Unpopular People

Topher takes an irreverent look back at the unpopular people of history and finds that sometimes it's the 'crackpots' who are right... meaning that there's a...

Thu, 10 Jun 2021 12:16:19 -0400

Marshall Sutherland

dwatney@hub.farthinghalearms.com

Government Threatens Retired Engineer With a Crime for Doing Math
by Institute for Justice on YouTube

Wayne Nutt is an engineer. He graduated with a degree in engineering and worked most of his career in North Carolina without ever needing a license to actually work as an engineer. But now, the North Carolina Board of Examiners for Engineers and Surveyors is telling Wayne that speaking publicly about engineering without a state license could lead to criminal charges. Today, Wayne teamed up with the Institute for Justice (IJ) to file a federal lawsuit to protect his First Amendment right to speak from his expertise and experience.

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Mon, 07 Jun 2021 18:14:07 -0400

Marshall Sutherland

dwatney@hub.farthinghalearms.com

Why Millennials Hate Free Speech and What to Do About It
by ReasonTV on YouTube

Andrew Doyle is an Irish journalist and writer best known as the creator of the Twitter personality Titania McGrath, a parody of an ultra-woke, 24-year-old, militant vegan who thinks she is a better poet than William Shakespeare. Though the 43-year-old Doyle describes himself as a left-winger, he is a fierce critic of cancel culture and a proponent of Brexit. He holds a doctorate from Oxford in early Renaissance poetry, is the host of the new nightly show GB News, and is a columnist for Spiked Online. (He's a previous guest on The Reason Interview with Nick Gillespie.)

Doyle is also the author of the new book Free Speech and Why It Matters, a comprehensive, learned, and compelling argument in favor of unfettered debate and open expression. Nick Gillespie talks with him about why cancel culture is on the rise, how to combat it, and what Titania McGrath is up to as she approaches her quarter-life crisis.

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Fri, 16 Apr 2021 18:34:15 -0400

Marshall Sutherland

dwatney@hub.farthinghalearms.com

Much of this interesting discussion isn't specific to Bitcoin. Everything from free speech legal theory to financial "structuring" law abuses.
(Unlisted) Bitcoin and the Constitution: Is Code Speech?
by Institute for Justice on YouTube

Although Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are hitting the mainstream, the way the law will treat them is still undeveloped. In this episode, we talk about how and whether the First and Fourth Amendments might apply to cryptocurrency, what kind of protection they offer, and ways to make sure the law develops in a way that protects innovation and opportunity.

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Wed, 07 Apr 2021 11:58:38 -0400

Marshall Sutherland

dwatney@hub.farthinghalearms.com

#^Uzuegbunam v. Preczewski

In 2016, Georgia Gwinnett College officials stopped student Chike Uzuegbunam not once, but twice, from peacefully sharing his Christian faith with fellow students on his college campus. First, officials said he had to get advance permission to use one of two tiny speech zones that made up far less than 1% of the campus and were only open 10% of the week. Despite following these policies, Chike was again prevented from speaking. After ADF challenged the unconstitutional policies, Georgia Gwinnett argued that Chikeâ€™s speech should receive no constitutional protection, changed its policy, and claimed it should be able to avoid any penalty for violating Chikeâ€™s free speech rights. Two courts agreed, but the Supreme Court decided to hear Chikeâ€™s case and ruled in his favor.

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Wed, 31 Mar 2021 14:34:53 -0400

Marshall Sutherland

dwatney@hub.farthinghalearms.com

#^Historic Figures Who Recognized That Speech Is Freedomâ€™s First Line of Defense | Lawrence W. Reed

Increasingly, the free exchange of ideas has been coming under attack.
So to combat this trend, letâ€™s revisit what some of historyâ€™s greatest figures had to say about this invaluable right.

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Fri, 02 Apr 2021 12:51:30 -0400

Brian Tui

tongatui@hub.inktada.com

Awesome article on speech being freedomâ€™s first line of defense. I like George Washington's quote from the article you shared.

Einstein: 'A Spirit of Tolerance'
"Laws alone cannot secure freedom of expression; in order that every man may present his views without penalty, there must be a spirit of tolerance in the entire population."
- Albert Einstein, in Ideas and Opinions

George Washington's Warning
"If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter."
- George Washington, to Officers of the Army

Mill on 'Extreme' Speech
"Strange it is that men should admit the validity of the arguments for free speech but object to their being 'pushed to an extreme,' not seeing that unless the reasons are good for an extreme case, they are not good for any case."
- John Stuart Mill, in On Liberty

Sun, 04 Apr 2021 21:29:52 -0400

Jason Cook

jason@hub.inktada.com

Well done.

Thu, 25 Mar 2021 13:01:31 -0400

Marshall Sutherland

dwatney@hub.farthinghalearms.com

I may disagree with Pat on some issues, but free speech is not one of them.
A Crisis Of Free Speech
by Pat Condell on YouTube

The law cannot be trusted with freedom of speech.

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Mon, 22 Mar 2021 12:44:23 -0400

Marshall Sutherland

dwatney@hub.farthinghalearms.com

Government Is Still the Biggest Threat to Free Speech
by ReasonTV on YouTube

When Amazon won't sell your book, you can head to Barnes & Noble. When government cancels your expression, there's nowhere left to go.

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Tue, 23 Mar 2021 18:18:37 -0400

Freddy WILLEMS

frewi80@hub.inktada.com

There is always a legal mafia to go to...

Sat, 13 Mar 2021 10:10:05 -0500 last edited: Sat, 13 Mar 2021 10:11:50 -0500

Marshall Sutherland

dwatney@hub.farthinghalearms.com

What is an Anti-Vaxxer?

Anyway, because of my personal history I have taken a particular interest in the matter of personal insults used as a debating technique. Rather than relying on the use of terribly boring tactics like facts, and data. Why debate when you can achieve the same result with a pinpoint laser guided insult?

Now we have the deadliest insult of all. â€˜Anti-vaxxer.â€™ Two relatively short words, but if you dare to touch them, they explode into maelstrom of poison that spreads far and wide, destroying anyone and everyone in range. Today, to mix my metaphors, there is probably no deeper abyss to be dropped into, than the abyss of being labelled an â€˜anti-vaxxer.â€™

Of course, the term has no definition. It doesnâ€™t even have any discernible boundaries. You can be wandering about quite innocently and suddenly find you have become an â€˜anti-vaxxer.â€™ I mentioned that the phase III clinical trials on AstraZenecaâ€™s COVID19 vaccine will not be completed until 2023.

This, it seems, to some people on a medical website called doctors.net makes me an anti-vaxxer. Highly suspicious at the very least â€˜And vhy, Dr Kendrick do you find it necessary to point out such matters. Have no doubt my friend that ve shall be vatching you very closely in future.â€™ I think I am channelling Raiders of the Lost Ark here.

We have now reached the position where, to state an incontrovertible fact about a clinical trial, makes you an anti-vaxxer. Which means that there truly are no longer any places to go. If, that is, you want to discuss vaccines in any way.