cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/8937537
The University of Texas at Austin has ‘delisted’ this video so that it’s harder to find.
Univeristy of Texas at Austin 6 months ago:
Video: “Why can members of the public come to campus at any time and engage in demonstrations and speeches?”
Why can members of the public come to campus at any time and engage in demonstrations and speeches? So state law in Texas actually allows uh members of the public just like our university community to come onto campus and use our common outdoor areas for speech activity. I think that surprises a lot of students they show up here and they think who is this random stranger setting up a table talking about a thing I find upsetting but it’s protected by state law and members of the public just like university community can use our common outdoor areas. Now it isn’t a free-for-all. So when you say they can why can they come at any time there’s there’s some Nuance there. It’s subject to our University rules that are permitted under the law so we can put in place time place and manner restrictions that are really all about uh making sure those are content neutral.
So we can’t have rules that say well you can’t come to campus and talk about this or that subject or express this or that view. But we can have rules about where you can set up tables for example or um you know that during the hours of 8 to 5 we don’t have amplified sound in areas outside of designated amplified sound areas. People can’t congregate in front of openings to buildings you know we have a safety concern we have an interest in what our mission is in making sure our students and our faculty and staff can get into buildings can attend classes and do the work of the University. So all those kinds of restrictions those time and place and manner restrictions are permissible and that’s what keeps it from being a free-for-all but it is open and it’s open to everyone.
Univeristy of Texas at Austin yesterday:
The Texas Conference of the American Association of University Professors issued a statement condemning UT Austin President Jay Hartzell and other UT leaders.
“There was no threat of violence, no plan to disrupt classes, no intimidation of the campus community,” the statement reads.
DPS has pulled out all the stops to harass innocent college students, but wouldn’t lift a finger to help the victims in the Uvalde massacre. This state is broken.
— Senator Roland Gutierrez
Free speech is for the kind of speech Texas likes only.
“Comments turned off”
I wonder how long that has been the case!
They’ve kept YouTube monetisation enabled, of course.
Holy shit what a find….wow. I’m sharing it everywhere.
Thank you for your service 🫡
You’re the real hero, sir/ma’am.
Nah, I’m just a humble crossposter. The hero is @[email protected] 🫡
Oh no the link stopped working I think 😥
I grant you freedom of speech as long as what you say is congruent with my agenda!
To quote Bill Hicks: You are free to do what you are told!
Oh boy this did not aged well 🤡😂
Wow return youtube dislikes
That’s weird, how are dislikes visible from your perspective?
also, why would 11,000 people give a thumbs down to this innocuous video that promotes free speech? were those 11,000 downvotes made by anti-freedom shills?
Its a video explaining why they cant do anything about the conservitives showing up and “protesting” against the campus or the sexuality, religion, ethnicity or culture of its members.
I used this video for context.
Also, verry bad intentions behind this video. the people in the video are apparently hypocrites. The photo was either taken bedore yt removed dislikes or with a restore dislike plugin.
“Return youtube dislikes” is the plugin name, I thought people here would be familiar with it
Lemmy isn’t any better than reddit was. It’s regular people over here, with an active linux community or two.
UT-Austin’s slogan is “What starts here changes the world.” Having graduated from there and seeing now what they stand for in 2024, all I have to say is “My fucking ass, it does.”
What did I miss that makes this video relevant?
The video was made by the university as an explanation for the defense of free speech on campus some time ago.
It was delisted by the school because of the hypocrisy of the university cracking down on student protesters and their free speech.
Plenty of universities and politicians are attacking students protesting for Palestinians. Wouldn’t look good on them that they’re attacking free speech.
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