Category Archives: Free speech, censorship, copyright law, etc.

Anti-Gay Teacher Censored by Catholic High School

Hey, we were just discussing censorship! From the Huffington Post: Patricia Jannuzzi, a religion teacher at Somerville’s Immaculata High School, made headlines last week after she argued that gays “want to reengineer western civ (sic) into a slow extinction” as … Continue reading

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Chait Criticizes Exactly The Kind Of Speech We Should Want More Of

Jonathan Chait’s attack against “Political Correctness” is the talk of the interwebs. He mixes a few examples of genuinely bad, but also rare and unrepresentative, anti-speech efforts (MacKinnon in 1992 (!), a student whose anti-feminist article led to his apartment … Continue reading

Posted in Civility & norms of discourse, Free speech, censorship, copyright law, etc. | 49 Comments

13 Notes About #GamerGate

1) Gamergate started out with a huge misogynist outburst against (female and feminist) game developer Zoe Quinn. The term “gamergate” itself was coined by right-wing actor Adam Baldwin (of Firefly fame), endorsing a Youtube video which falsely accused Quinn of … Continue reading

Posted in Civility & norms of discourse, Feminism, sexism, etc, Free speech, censorship, copyright law, etc., norms of discourse | 63 Comments

Ken White On Internet (Not Really) Lynch (Not Really) Mobs

#Shirtstorm quickly became a controversy, not about hostile workplaces for women per se, but instead about what are legitimate forms of debate. (If you don’t know what #Shirtstorm is, Phil Plait summarizes it here.) Although I saw several good articles … Continue reading

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Please stop saying that judges in Texas and DC said there’s a free speech right to take upskirt shots

Laci Green, a feminist sex educator, produced this graphic: Laci (whose work I’m generally a fan of) isn’t alone; a lot of blogs and news outlets have said – often in clickbaity headlines – that rulings in Texas and DC … Continue reading

Posted in Free speech, censorship, copyright law, etc., Pornography | 26 Comments

Violent Rape Threats Are An Infringement On Free Speech

Bellechere, a professional costumer and popular cosplayer, has posted that she won’t be attending New York Comic Con, despite having a pass. A man who didn’t like me saying that I cosplay for myself, not for other people, threatened extreme … Continue reading

Posted in Cartooning & comics, Feminism, sexism, etc, Free speech, censorship, copyright law, etc., Rape, intimate violence, & related issues | 24 Comments

Steve Salaida’s Controversial Tweets About Anti-Semitism, With Context

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Posted in Anti-Semitism, Free speech, censorship, copyright law, etc. | 54 Comments

Dear The Stranger, Free Speech Is A Thing (UPDATED)

Dear The Stranger, Free Speech is a thing – even for off-duty cops. Unless you have real evidence that this person is letting his politics interfere with his work, or spending time on Facebook when he’s on the public clock, … Continue reading

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This copyright dispute is funny because monkey

Andrew Charlesworth at The Conversation nutshells: Whilst visiting a national park in North Sulawesi wildlife photographer David Slater had his camera stolen – not by a thief, but by an inquisitive crested black macaque. The resulting selfies are causing controversy … Continue reading

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Harvard Law Review Counsel Censors Footnote in Harvard Law Review Article on Censorship

In comments, Gin and Whiskey pointed out this gem from a Harvard Law Review article about censorship, “The Brave New World of Social Media Censorship.” Note 8: …see also Svetlana Mintcheva, post to Free Expression Network (Feb. 7, 2010) (in … Continue reading

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