I saw a clip of a very unfunny rant which didn't address anything except the loudmouth's idea of what might be banned.Science Fan wrote: ↑Fri Jun 23, 2017 7:28 pm On their TV series Bullshit!, Penn and Teller, two libertarian magicians, comedians, once discussed the topic of speech bans on college campuses.
You know, the usual strawman who is supposed be offended by your opinion.
But the lead-in wasn't about anybody actually trying to stop anybody from wearing belts or eating meat - it was about a university enforcing a basic standard of civility on its premises. (He's vague about what it entails.).
Now, it seems to me there is a difference between expressing a dissenting political or religious opinion in public - freedom of speech -
and verbally abusing other people - libel, slander, harassment, intimidation or just plain rudeness.
That a university wants to protect its students against harassment and unwelcome sexual advances, as well as racial, ethnic or religious slurs or persecution does not seem to me repressive.
The loudmouth - the fat one; I don't know which is which - says, "If you don't like foul language, go away from it." But if it's all over the college; cafeteria, quad, common rooms, dormitory - where are you supposed to go away to? You've paid the same fees as pottymouth, yet you're on the run all the time. Why should every student not be equally entitled to enjoy all of the facilities in peace? Whoever owns and runs the college has a responsibility to provide a safe and decent environment for everyone enrolled there - and that means setting some rules and limits on general demeanour.
The loudmouth is staging his rant in a pretend restaurant. In a real one, if he behaved like that, all the other patrons would have their dinner and their evening ruined; the owner would lose clients.
Do you really not see the difference between expressing ideas and accosting other people?
I couldn't find any interview with Chomsky.
Or any evidence that's he's ever expressed support for banning free speech.