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• University Student Accused Of Violating ‘Safe Space’ For Raising Her Hand

  by Shifra on April 7, 2016

  Sure to be a chapter if Tammy writes a sequel to The New Thought Police. Via Telegraph: A university student was threatened with being thrown out of a meeting after being accused of violating “safe space” rules – by raising her hand. Imogen Wilson, the vice-president for academic affairs at Edinburgh University Students’ Association (EUSA), spoke out against safe space rules becoming “a tool for the hard left to use when they disagree with people”, following the incident last week. Ms Wilson, 22, was subject to a “safe space complaint” over her supposedly “inappropriate hand gestures” during a student council meeting. According to the association’s rules, student council meetings should be held in a “safe space environment”, defined as “a...

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• Surveillance And The Culture Of Self-Censorship

  by Pat_S on April 3, 2016

  The internet and social media have been touted as democratizing forces. A recent study suggests that knowing there is government and private cyber surveillance results in self-censorship of minority opinions and creating a dominant voice online. Under Surveillance: Examining Facebook’s Spiral of Silence Effects in the Wake of NSA Internet Monitoring Since Edward Snowden exposed the National Security Agency’s use of controversial online surveillance programs in 2013, there has been widespread speculation about the potentially deleterious effects of online government monitoring. This study explores how perceptions and justification of surveillance practices may create a chilling effect on democratic discourse by stifling the expression of minority political views. Using a spiral of silence theoretical framework, knowing one is subject to surveillance...

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• Trump Disruption in Chicago Celebrated By Taxpayer-Funded Groups

  by Tammy on March 15, 2016

  Surprise. Via Free Beacon: Left-Wing Groups Claim Victory, Fundraise Off Trump Protests Left-wing groups that have received money from the federal government and the MacArthur Foundation celebrated the disruption of Donald Trump’s rally in Chicago and are using the clashes to raise more money. The progressive organizing group MoveOn.org, which boasts more than 8 million members nationwide, took partial credit for protests hours after a Trump rally was canceled in Chicago due to security concerns. Republicans who support Trump “should be on notice,” according to one MoveOn.org Political Action official. … MoveOn.org, which was initially formed in 1998 to organize liberal opposition to the impeachment of President Bill Clinton, receives financial support from liberal billionaire George Soros. Soros gave $1.46...

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