Free speech under attack at Irish Universities ?

Madelynn Damaged Sidebar wrote: »

Any chance of telling us what it's about?

Some Christian student group had funds resting in their account they shouldn't have.

/terrible summing up.

Well, he makes a lot of assertions there, but doesn't seem to back a lot of them up with evidence.

Impeachment is the solution.

To answer the title of thread " Free speech under attack at Irish Universities " ? 
To a certain  degree I would say yes, some examples I can refer to.

( 1 )

A debate on the issue of boycotting Israel gets disrupted to the point where the debate had to be called off a few years ago.



( 2 ) February 2017 a meeting that was scheduled to have the Israeli ambassador speak at Trinity was cancelled due to security concerns.

http://www.universitytimes.ie/2017/02/after-event-with-israeli-ambassador-cancelled-trinity-criticises-unacceptable-attack-on-free-speech/

( 3 ) In reference to the video the OP posted, back in 2015 during the Marref debate , from what I recall the Burke family had many of their posters torn down by some students at Galway Uni, now whether you agreed or disagreed with their opinions on the issue, during a referendum debate all sides have a right to campaign & argue their point across without censorship .

( 4 ) In 2004 a debate was scheduled to be held on Immigration at Ucd, the speaker to argue the case for Immigration controls ( Justin Barrett ) was assaulted .

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/assault-on-speaker-at-ucd-debate-25893151.html

If free speech isn,t under threat at Irish colleges or Irish Unis then surely students can gather to debate whether to boycott Israel without being disrupted to the point where such a debate has to be called off or surely students can observe a debate on Immigration without speakers who support Immigration controls being assaulted ?

riffmongous wrote: »

I wonder if you took away a handful of people how much opposition there really would have been in Ireland down through the years, and how much was just down to a handful of zealots browbeating the general public

True. People who lack the imagination and empathy to wear someone else's shoes but are able to use our innate short-sightedness to cloud our reasoned judgement and bring us down below their level for their own gain.

Do students know that nobody actually gives a fuuuck what they think? I wonder.

All of these meetings on campus about world events, always in a confrontational state.

I remember doing a part-time course and there were a number of class interruptions from people campaigning to be the 'president' of this or that. Fuk off mate. You're a 22 year old speaking to people with actual jobs and responsibilities and to some who were visibly weathered by life, dressed in your Guns N' Roses t-shirt and Converse handing out multi-coloured pens with your name on it, professing how important it will be for future students to have an outlet for their poncy esoteric interests and a more streamlined access to the online library.

Coonts!