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SilverElfin 5 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Reconciling Two UC Berkeleys – The Soapbox

> Berkeley has been home to crucial movements, such as the Free Speech Movement

Ironic. It’s a university known for shutting down speeches and events with violent rioting, which is very anti free speech.

johng 5 months ago [–]

It seems that a lot of elite campuses have become this way. Riots and protests to prevent anyone from speaking that doesn't agree with the prevailing thought on campus.

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