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This is Trump’s America: a woman with an “I can’t breathe” T-shirt was pulled from the line to Trump’s Tulsa event - which she said she had a ticket for- and arrested
Longer video here: she tells the cop she has a ticket. He does not dispute that or ask to see it.
The protestor is a long time Tulsa resident, Sheila Buck. You've seen images of her being arrested and dragged by police. So please also see her peaceful protest, which took some courage.
The police in Tulsa are merely implementing what Trump promised: Trump protestors in red states don't have the same first amendment rights as other Americans.
Buck was praying before police arrested her.
Photo via @mikesimonsphoto
tulsaworld.com/news/local/gal…
Coda to this story: Buck, a 62 year old teacher, said she was praying when she was told to leave. Trump campaign confirm they asked police to arrest her. She faces charges of resisting arrest. washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/…
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The thing you seem to have missed here is that the person who (wrongly) lost their job did not work in academia, but for a corporation.
While there are fierce debates about speech on campus, you have much weaker free speech protections in corporate America.
Also, the person who attacked the guy who got fired is not in academia.
Basically, a private corporation fired an employee because an activist criticized him. That is wrong, but its not about academia.
If the same argument happened within academia, no-one would lose their job.
Lindsay misleadingly presents the firing of an employee from a private company as being from academia and then goes on a rant about how critical theory engages in fact-free argument. Amazing.
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Bari Weiss wrote a thread about conflict in the NY Times.

Other NY staff are pulling it apart.

Whats the lesson?

It's easier to do stories based on simplistic free speech stereotypes when there are not a bunch of reporters in the room to immediately fact-check you
Anther NYT staffer contradicts Weiss. No doubt some people will take it as proof of how intolerant the organization is - but perhaps some will question the reliability and goals of her reporting given how other journalists are responding.
Three other NYT staffers contradict Weiss. (If you see others, please reply and I will repost). As one points out, opinion writers are not subject to potential discipline for criticizing co-workers that other NYT employees are, meaning some are taking risks by disagreeing w Weiss
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Two months ago Heather McDonald wrote a piece about the coronavirus which went viral in conservative circles...and has not aged well. While you and I might feel embarrassed and engage in some introspection, not so for McDonald, whose conservative media gravy train keeps rolling.
McDonald's claim: the coronavirus threat is overstated and we did don't need a mass shutdown. It was the oppose of the "Cancel Everything" piece.
Evidence: Just 41 people had died. Ok, twice as many people have died in 2 months as traffic accidents kill in a year. Serious now?
So McDonald wrote a terrible piece that was statistically illiterate and turned out to be wrong.
Has she shown any remorse for spreading a narrative that endangered public health?
Not a bit of it! Because she works in a part of the media where such mistakes do not matter.
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