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On free speech and the convenient plasticity of "homophobia"
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Phil Robertson and the stupid free speech argument
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Sarah Palin Defends #39;Duck Dynasty #39; Star #39;s Anti-Gay Comments As Free Speech
Sarah Palin believes the backlash over "Duck Dynasty" star Phil Robertson #39;s anti-gay comments is a threat to freedom of speech. The 67-year-old duck hunter m...

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Duck Dynasty and Free Speech
The suspension of Phil Robertson from A E #39;s Duck Dynasty is outrageous in a nation that values freedom, according to social critic and openly gay, dissident ...

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Anyone who has been steaming mad about cable television station A&Es reaction to Duck Dynasty star Phil Robertsons statements in a magazine article likewise should be insulted by a new policy the Kansas Board of Regents created.

The Regents last week approved a social media policy that will govern all employees of every state university. The policy states that the chief executive officer of a state university has the authority to suspend, dismiss or terminate from employment any faculty or staff member who makes improper use of social media.

Improper use, according to the policy, is anything that incites violence, is contrary to the best interests of the university, discloses confidential student information, or impairs discipline by superiors or harmony between co-workers.

The policy is directly related to the infamous tweet by University of Kansas Associate Professor David Guth and the improper statements he made about members of the National Rifle Association and their children. The university suspended Guth after the comments and placed him in non-classroom duties for the remainder of this year. The Kansas Legislature, however, disapproved of what it viewed as weak action from the university and for a while considered taking separate action.

While the Internet buzzed with the free-speech debate surrounding Guths tweet, and later a reality television stars comments, not quite the same attention has been given to this policy change in Kansas.

But it should.

The Regents policy is over-broad and actively limits the free speech of all its employees. And while members of the NRA and fierce defenders of the Second Amendment might relish a policy that would prevent people like Guth from speaking their minds on social media, the policy also means that a Regents employee who shared the views of firearms enthusiast Ted Nugent similarly would find himself in trouble.

And therein is the danger of policies that restrict free speech and why it is important to fight any effort by the state to determine what is or is not acceptable for someone to say. It is not the Regents who should decide whether something is acceptable speech, yet a policy that reaches so far as to allow termination for language that impairs harmony could be defined as any speech, depending on the person in charge and his or her sensitivities.

In the case of Duck Dynasty, Phil Robertson was free to say what he said, and A&E was free to respond in a way that it felt was appropriate - and the supporting and dissenting factions can duke it out through appreciation days or boycotts that attempt to reward or punish speech but that really seems more like a well-thought-out viral marketing strategy.

The Regents, however, are an extension of Kansas government, charged with overseeing the states public universities. A policy that attempts to restrict speech before it occurs with broad and undefined language - and carries with it the threat of termination for saying something the university doesn't agree with - is the sort of measure that is designed to stifle free speech and squash public discourse that isn't state-approved.

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Free Speech For Me But Not For Thee
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12-19-13 Segment 1: Phil Robertson and the END of Free Speech

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AS A GOOD PORTION of the world gears up for Christmas, "the war on free speech" got a bit of a present in Russia, of all places, when the last two imprisoned members of punk band Pussy Riot walked out of prison yesterday and then criticized the amnesty measure that released them as a publicity stunt.

Like a noted American duck caller, they won't back down.

Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova were granted amnesty last week in a move largely viewed as the Kremlin's attempt to soothe criticism of Russia's human-rights record before the Sochi Games in February.

"I'm calling for a boycott of the Olympic Games," Tolokonnikova said. "What is happening today - releasing people just a few months before their term expires - is a cosmetic measure."

The amnesty and President Vladimir Putin's pardoning last week of onetime oil tycoon and political rival Mikhail Khodorkovsky freed some of the most prominent convicts who were sentenced in politically tainted cases.

Khodorkovsky on Sunday also spoke up, saying at a news conference that his release shouldn't be seen as indicating that there aren't other "political prisoners" in Russia.

Russia's parliament passed the amnesty bill last week, allowing the release of thousands of inmates. Alyokhina and Tolokonnikova, who were due for release in March, qualified for amnesty because they have small children.

*A court in the United Arab Emirates, meanwhile, sentenced eight people including an American to up to a year in prison yesterday after being convicted in connection to a satirical video about youth culture in Dubai.

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Free speech on Earth, goodwill to men

The A&E network has a real dilemma on its hands.

On one, it has made tons of money by airing a show about a Louisiana family that is anything but politically correct.

On the other, its got a show about a Louisiana family that is anything but politically correct.

True to form, the Phil Robertson, patriarch of the Duck Dynasty family, spoke his mind when asked about homosexuality in the January issue of GQ.

After a graphic discussion of conventional and alternative sexual options, Robertson expanded the exchange to include promiscuity and bestiality, before resorting to his usual source of moral guidance, the Bible: Neither the adulterers, the idolaters, the male prostitutes, the homosexual offenders, the greedy, the drunkards, the slanderers, the swindlers they wont inherit the kingdom of God. Dont deceive yourself. Its not right.

Hollywood, naturally enough, was outraged, causing A&E to announce Robertsons suspension from the top-rated reality show.

Meanwhile Phil and the rest of the Robertson clan appeared on Barbara Walters 10 Most Fascinating People of 2013, taped pre-GQ interview, along with Miley Cyrus, who seems to have trouble dealing with her own sexuality, finding it necessary to display her flesh and flesh-toned body on national television in ways that would get her arrested in most even-keeled communities if they were performed in a public place.

Phil Robertsons explanation of his position, released before his hiatus was announced, has received scant attention:

I myself am a product of the 60s. I centered my life around sex, drugs and rock and roll until I hit rock bottom and accepted Jesus as my Savior. My mission today is to go forth and tell people about why I follow Christ and also what the Bible teaches, and a part of that teaching is that women and men are meant to be together. However, I would never treat anyone with disrespect just because they are different from me. We are all created by the Almighty and like Him, I love all of humanity. We would all be better off if we loved God and loved each other.

Season four of Duck Dynasty will likely include appearances by Phil, since production is largely wrapped, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

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