Online Seminar - "Political Correctness" as Censorship - Saturday Oct 3, 10 am CDT
Posted by freedomforall 8 years, 6 months ago to Philosophy
Just thought this might be of interest to some Gulchers.
Join the Mises Institute for Saturday’s Mises Circle in Dallas-Ft. Worth via our livestream. The event, “Against Pc: The fight for Free Expression,” begins at 10 AM central time.
Video links here at the YouTube MisesMedia page.
Schedule:
10:00 a.m. Jeff Deist “PC is Control, not Etiquette”
10:30 a.m. Tom DiLorenzo “How Universities Silence Truth — And What We Can Do About It”
11:00 a.m. Q&A
11:30 a.m. Lunch, Mises Bookstore open
1:00 p.m. Tom Woods “Political Correctness and the Argument from Intimidation”
1:30 p.m. Lew Rockwell “The Egalitarian Menace”
2:00 p.m. Q&A
Join the Mises Institute for Saturday’s Mises Circle in Dallas-Ft. Worth via our livestream. The event, “Against Pc: The fight for Free Expression,” begins at 10 AM central time.
Video links here at the YouTube MisesMedia page.
Schedule:
10:00 a.m. Jeff Deist “PC is Control, not Etiquette”
10:30 a.m. Tom DiLorenzo “How Universities Silence Truth — And What We Can Do About It”
11:00 a.m. Q&A
11:30 a.m. Lunch, Mises Bookstore open
1:00 p.m. Tom Woods “Political Correctness and the Argument from Intimidation”
1:30 p.m. Lew Rockwell “The Egalitarian Menace”
2:00 p.m. Q&A
So just as Brown University has created "academic safe rooms" (complete with calming music, play-doh, coloring books, pillows, blankets and videos of frolicking puppies) to be retreated to in the event a conservative speaks on campus, Galt's Gulch is an academic "safe room" from the widely disseminated liberal nonsense being pushed everywhere.
Liberals should have their own crapp thrown back at them.
Jan
Of course, you should enjoy as many puppies as you wish.
Jan, dog person, but likes cats as well
Biden? Barbara or Jane? Whoopee or Rosie?
See the ad in the Marketplace on Florida Tech's Nanotechnology Minor Program.
- Lew Rockwell, Oct 3, 2015
“Political Correctness and the Argument from Intimidation”
Good book.
It is supposed to include a lot of the presentation material.
Contents
Introduction
PART I: Should the U.S. Model Itself After Scandinavia?
Chapter 1No, Sweden Is Not a Model to Emulate
Chapter 2The Truth About Denmark, the “World’s Happiest Country”
PART II: Should the Government Spend Money on Alternative Energy?
Chapter 3Wind and Solar Power? Don’t Make Me Laugh
Chapter 4 The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels
PART III: Is a $15 Minimum Wage a Good Idea?
Chapter 5High Minimum Wages Hurt the Vulnerable the Most
Chapter 6Robert Reich Is Just as Wrong as Bernie Sanders
PART IV: Would More Government Intervention Improve the Economy?
Chapter 7Is “Capitalism” the Problem with American Health Care?
Chapter 8Should Employers Be Required to Offer More Fringe Benefits?
Chapter 9Is There a Gender Pay Gap We Need to Close?
Chapter 10Is “Inequality” an Important Problem?
Chapter 11Does Free Trade Harm American Workers?
Chapter 12What’s Wrong with the Overall Sanders Approach?
Lunch break til 2pm EDT