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As a speaker, you’re free to buy / rent your own private venue and you trespass any hecklers who attempt to threaten your livelihood there by yelling over your
by ummonk 4y ago
As a speaker, you’re free to buy / rent your own private venue and you trespass any hecklers who attempt to threaten your livelihood there by yelling over your speech.
You don’t have a right to force a private university to host your speech and prevent its students from heckling.
- Georgelemental 4y agoThe school had written rules against these sorts of disruptions. By permitting this behavior, Stanford is violating their prior written commitments.
- ummonk 4y agoThey aren't permitting this behavior. But if they were to change their rules to allow these sorts of disruptions, as stupid as that would be, they would have every right to do so and it wouldn't be a violation of anyone's right to free speech or to earn a livelihood.
- Georgelemental 4y agoIt would not be a violation of the First Amendment (probably, Stanford is a private university but they do receive federal funds). It would be a violation of the spirit and principle of free expression.
- LawTalkingGuy 4y agoSure, heckle and hold counter-events. But the current state of university mobs today is literally closer to murderous than insightful. SFSU let Riley Gaines be beaten and held against her will by the braying mob. New Zealand let Posie Parker and a bunch of old ladies be attacked be assaulted by shrieking thugs. There's nothing of speech in their actions, just terroristic political violence against the enemy. > you’re free to buy / rent your own private venue Actually, no you're not. The mob will blockade even an entirely private event held off-campus, or in a public square with permit, etc.
- ummonk 4y agoWhat happened at SFSU (and no doubt in New Zealand as well) was clearly battery, though the authorities are likely to look the other way. Likewise, blockading a private event is likely a criminal act.