Sunday, September 24, 2017

What Milo Yiannopoulos’s ‘Free Speech’ Stunt Cost

The controversy over free speech and its limits continues to be a problem today, especially with right wing advocates like Milo Yiannopoulos, Ann Coulter, and Ben Shapiro. In Yiannopoulos’s most recent stunt, Berkeley University had to spend an unsurmountable amount of money in security costs. This is no new news considering that Ann Coulter canceled her visit due to riots, and the previous Yiannopoulos trip to Berkeley led to chaos. Since February 2017, Berkeley has spent 1.5 million in security costs. There is a trend that is happening on college campuses around the United States; it seems free speech is only considered “free speech” when there is agreement among all parties. Fortunately, over this last weekend Yiannopoulos successfully had the opportunity to speak a Berkeley. Nonetheless, the limits of where free speech begins and ceases is still a gray area.

Mike Ziccarelli

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/24/opinion/milo-yiannopoulos-free-speech-week-berkeley.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=opinion-c-col-left-region&region=opinion-c-col-left-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-left-region

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