Wikia

Civil Rights

What is the difference between liberals and conservatives? In a September 24, 2010 article article for SLATE, William Saletan writes the following: "Liberals tend to think that freedom belongs to the individual, whereas conservatives tend to think that freedom belongs to private or local institutions such as families, communities, and businesses. The debate over prayer in school, for example, pits individual freedom against community freedom. Child abuse laws pit the rights of children against the sovereignty of families. Consumer product safety laws pit the asserted rights of consumers against the freedom of businesses. In such disputes, liberals are more inclined than conservatives to distinguish the interests of the individual form the interests of private institutions and to enlist the government to protect the former from the latter."

Free Speech

Border Patrol agent Bryan Gonzalez was terminated by the Border Patrol for daring to speak the truth that drug prohibition enforcement fuels the drug violence in Mexico.
Dems silenced at Ryan’s Rally Alex Seitz-Wald. Salon. August 17, 2012.

Academic Freedom

The value of unrestricted intellectual inquiry is defended by mild mannered English professor Tommie Turner, played by Henry Fonda, in the 1940 play by James Thurber and Elliott Nughent in their 1940 play The Male Animal, which was adapted in the 1942 film The Male Animal. Seems that the philistine trustees of Midwestern University, led by Trustee Ed Keller, have forced three teachers out of their jobs for being suspected Reds. See Red Scare. Keller also threatens Professor Turner because he plans to read jailhouse letter written by Bartolemeo Vanzetti. See also the Speeches by Sacco and Vanzetti to the Court at the Time of Sentencing (April 9, 1927 at the Dedham Court House)