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<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Yep. \u00a0My older boys have already run into this. \u00a0The idea that \u2018you don\u2019t have a right to offend me.\u2019 \u00a0Uh, yes I do. \u00a0That\u2019s freedom of speech. \u00a0Or let\u2019s just whittle it down to mere \u2018freedom.\u2019 \u00a0Sure, I can not listen, disagree, argue the point, or even show you to the door if I deem you rude or obnoxious. \u00a0But violence or, worse, calling for officials and institutions to punish wrong speak?<\/p>\n<p>Growing up, Voltaire\u2019s famous quip was the John 3:16 of American\u00a0liberalism:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I disapprove of what you say, but will defend to the death your right to say it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>If I heard that once, I heard that a billion\u00a0times. It might be worth digging it back up and using it again.\u00a0\u00a0Or more of us you might end up getting caught up in the storm, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2017\/mar\/6\/allison-stanger-professor-injured-by-middlebury-co\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">as professor Allison Stranger discovered all too well<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is illustrated here: Yep. \u00a0My older boys have already run into this. \u00a0The idea that \u2018you don\u2019t have a right to offend me.\u2019 \u00a0Uh, yes I do. \u00a0That\u2019s freedom of speech. \u00a0Or let\u2019s just whittle it down to mere \u2018freedom.\u2019 \u00a0Sure, I can not listen, disagree, argue the point, or even show you to the 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