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thank you for having me. tucker: jason nichols is right in the middle of this debate, an actual professor, teaches african-american studies at the university of maryland peer thank you for coming on. thank you for having me. tucker: it seems like a baseline for university to have pretty much absolute freedom of speech, a prerequisite for freedom of thought. what is the point of having colleges if you can t say whatever you think? i think number one, and society, we don t have complete freedom of speech. tucker: true. there is libel, there is defamation, there are threats of violence, and inciting violence. those are limits on free speech. i think we have this idea that freedom of speech means you can say anything at any time. tucker: no, we know what it is, because of brandon versus ohio in 1967, the famous supreme court case, very specifically outlined the boundaries of free speech. libel is not allowed, of course, imminent threats of violence are not allowed. everythi
apple, amazon, of some big company colleges exist to be an oasis in the middle of commercial society for free thinking. so why would they be the places where freethinking is punished most aggressively? i agree that there are many cases you and i actually discussed a case a little while ago where there was a college professor who said something he shouldn t have said, and all of a sudden, people are talking about he needs to be fired, this is why we actually have tenure, to protect people so they can say what it is they want. there have been all of these attacks, people trying to put limits on what it is you say, and i think that is problematic. but, overall, colleges do protect freedom of speech. tucker: what would happen if you went into your class i like that donald trump, and what i like about him? i like family separation, i like the wall, he is right that mexico doesn t send us his best.
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debate, an actual professor, teaches african-american studies at the university of maryland. thank you for coming on. thank you for having me. tucker: it seems like a baseline for university to have pretty much absolute freedom of speech, a prerequisite for freedom of thought. what is the point of having colleges if you can t say whatever you think? i think number one, and society, we don t have complete freedom of speech. tucker: true. there is libel, there t is defamation, there are threats of violence, and inciting violence. those are limits on free speech. i think we have this idea that freedom of speech means you can say anything at any time. tucker: no, we know what it is, because of brandon versus ohio in 1967, the famous supreme court case, very specifically outlined thesu boundaries of free speech. libel is not allowed, of course, imminent threats of violence are not allowed. everything else is allowed.ng everything else is allowed.