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It all depends on how big you think each problem is. I'm quite confident that the events we hear about on campuses are outliers that are presented as the norm,
by reso 10y ago
It all depends on how big you think each problem is. I'm quite confident that the events we hear about on campuses are outliers that are presented as the norm, but that's not the perception of most commentators. On the other hand, it seems clear that there is brutal systemic repression in these other states.
It seems absurd to compare the repressive power of the Communist Party of China to a liberal student union.
- partiallypro 10y ago> I'm quite confident that the events we hear about on campuses are outliers that are presented as the norm Even if you wanted to brush off campuses censoring, you can just look at the upper echelon of the political spectrum and see it's already a problem. President Obama has jailed several journalists in his tenure, more than any other President in U.S. history. We mock Russia, Saudi Arabia, and others for doing the same. Campus censorship is a symptom of a much larger problem.
- HillaryBriss 10y ago> President Obama has jailed several journalists in his tenure, more than any other President in U.S. history. Wait. What? Which journalists has Obama jailed? How many journalists did other presidents jail?
- partiallypro 10y agohttps://www.cpj.org/reports/2013/10/obama-and-the-press-us-leaks-surveillance-post-911.php https://www.cpj.org/reports/2013/10/obama-and-the-press-us-l... http://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2014/jan/10/jake-tapper/cnns-tapper-obama-has-used-espionage-act-more-all-/ http://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2014/jan/10/... The high profile cases were James Risen & James Rosen.
- HillaryBriss 10y agoThanks for your reply. I read those two links, but, I don't seem to see where Obama jailed any journalists. The stories there appear to be about government employees who gave out information they were not supposed to give out. As far as I can tell, and, please correct me if I'm missing the point, the journalists were not prosecuted in these cases. Do I have that wrong? What am I missing here? Again, thank you for the reply.
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