Tag: Free Speech
Wartime precedents justify TikTok ban
Federal legislation to ban TikTok may seem like an infringement of the First Amendment, but there is precedent for such a ban.The Bill of...
Big tech and legacy media may do better
Interesting developments this week: Entrepreneur Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, SpaceX and co-founder of Neuralink, invested $3 billion dollars in Twitter stock, which makes...
SoCal Journalism Groups Show Opposition to Amendment to Press Protection Bill
LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles and Orange County press clubs and more than a dozen other groups that collectively represent thousands of California...
First they censored… And I did not speak out
Harold W. Pease, Ph.D.Special to Anza Valley OutlookNote: This is an American version of Pastor Martin Niemoller’s “First They Came for the Socialists.” Niemoller...
Free Speech vs. Compelled Speech
The 6th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled in favor of professor Nicholas Meriwether in Meriwether v. The Trustees of Shawnee State University recently....
Cancel culture imperils America’s very existence as a free nation
It’s been a big week for cancel culture. Six books by Dr. Seuss fell victim, as well as Mr. Potato Head – not sure...
Sen. Melendez proposes legislation to enhance free speech protections
RIVERSIDE (CNS) - Sen. Melissa Melendez, R-Lake Elsinore, introduced legislation today proposing a series of protections to ensure California residents are not ostracized or...
What does America stand for anyway?
It’s getting blurry, isn’t it?The most marketed to society in the history of the planet is getting a steady dose so murky and laced...
Free speech denied medical profession
Harold W. Pease, Ph.D., Special to Anza Valley OutlookI recently covered America’s Frontline Doctors who gathered from across the nation in front of the Supreme...
Punishing speech may be causing the problem
Maybe prohibiting or otherwise punishing what is considered hate speech is causing the problem of prejudice rather than solving it. Restricting speech forces people...