Yale students sign petition to repeal the first amendment

UglyCasanova

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Yeah I know it's a Fox News link, but still sad. Our nations best and brightest "really liking what he's doing" to try and get the first amendment repealed. :(
 

mysticjbyrd

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#1 There are idiots everywhere
#2 Petitions are basically meaningless, because people will sign anything to make you go away.

The PC culture is a problem, but I don't think things like this really prove that point. Then again, most people are idiots, so this type of propaganda might be more effective than an actual discourse.
 

DigDog

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not a bad idea. let the government be religion-free, but respect that the US is a predominantly christian country. with predominantly being the important word here.

i'm not saying it's right. i'm saying it would solve problems.
 

mysticjbyrd

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not a bad idea. let the government be religion-free, but respect that the US is a predominantly christian country. with predominantly being the important word here.

i'm not saying it's right. i'm saying it would solve problems.

What does that even mean? What problems would this solve again?
 

DrDoug

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It's a Fox clickbait article with a chick asking stupid people to sign a (fake) petition to repeal the First Amendment to prove there are stupid people who will freely give away their rights.

More likely they thought they were giving her their phone number...lol!

-2/10

Fifteen seconds of life wasted reading that worthless link. Thanks.
 

1prophet

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Back before the Internet as we know it, back when our news came from newspapers, radios, or television, I remember reporters doing a general survey if people were willing to give up "rights" for security and many if not most answered yes,

it wasn't until they asked more detailed questions like indefinite detention, no right to counsel, no need for search warrants, secret courts and secret laws, etc. that few if any of those being questioned were so willing to give up their rights.
 

Screech

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I hate sjws as much as the next guy, but i would take anything in that video with a huge grain of salt ..... Suspicious editing is suspicious
 

UglyCasanova

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It's a Fox clickbait article with a chick asking stupid people to sign a (fake) petition to repeal the First Amendment to prove there are stupid people who will freely give away their rights.

More likely they thought they were giving her their phone number...lol!

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Fifteen seconds of life wasted reading that worthless link. Thanks.

I dunno, the guy pretty much spells it out for them. I get that random questions from someone getting you to sign a petition can be misleading, but these are Ivy League students being asked specifically if they agree with repealing the first amendment..
 

michal1980

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#1 There are idiots everywhere
#2 Petitions are basically meaningless, because people will sign anything to make you go away.

The PC culture is a problem, but I don't think things like this really prove that point. Then again, most people are idiots, so this type of propaganda might be more effective than an actual discourse.

It's a Fox clickbait article with a chick asking stupid people to sign a (fake) petition to repeal the First Amendment to prove there are stupid people who will freely give away their rights.

More likely they thought they were giving her their phone number...lol!

-2/10

Fifteen seconds of life wasted reading that worthless link. Thanks.

Yale students are now stupid & idiots?
 

DrDoug

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Yale students are now stupid & idiots?

Young people in general tend to be stupid idiots unless things are spelled out for them, making them perfect targets for stupid 'news' like this bullshit.

I used to be a college student, I've seen it firsthand...lol!
 

Ackmed

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It's a Fox clickbait article with a chick asking stupid people to sign a (fake) petition to repeal the First Amendment to prove there are stupid people who will freely give away their rights.

More likely they thought they were giving her their phone number...lol!

-2/10

Fifteen seconds of life wasted reading that worthless link. Thanks.

It's actually a dude, not a chick.

It is hilarious because these are the same students who just awhile back did just 'peaceably assemble' over some bullshit. Acted like idiots, and had two professors leave over it. Now they're signing the something (fake) that would take that away. They want their 'safe spaces' and this would prohibit that. The 1st Amendment also has this little nugget in it, "petition the government for a redress of grievances". Which is exactly what they're doing...

He spells it out pretty clearly, people sign it because they don't want their feelings hurt (he actually used that line). 50 people in 60 minutes... signed the petition. So sad that these students of such a school would believe and fall for this. These are our leaders? Ugh.

My favorite line, "microaggression should not be protected". First off, thats a made up word in this overly PC world, secondly it's hilarious.
 

PokerGuy

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Goes to show you that even the supposedly "top" schools have many incompetent idiot students. Laughably stupid, no doubt all democrats.
 

Hugo Drax

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A lot of those top schools are filled with Trustafarians who got in because of connections not merit.

Look at Dubya, he is a Yale grad. That pretty much tells you everything about what the typical Yale grad is.

MIT is a real school, Yale is where the trustafarians go and get vetted.
 

dank69

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Goes to show you that even the supposedly "top" schools have many incompetent idiot students. Laughably stupid, no doubt all democrats.

This site says that 66.7% of Yale students identify as liberals, so there's a good chance that many of those signing the petition were conservative.