Radical Speech: Dave Barry Talks About Politically Correct Campuses 

As it was and always shall be, from Gods heart to Dave's ear. Thank you Mr. Barry.

That is exactly what I said! With those attitudes, they cannot rightly call themselves liberal, can they?

“When bad ideas have nowhere else to go, they emigrate to America and become university courses. ~Frederic Raphael

Another reason to like Dave Barry! He is as good at being serious as he is at being funny.

Dave Barry is awesome. I loved his work when I was younger.

You are exactly right.

I'm offended that theyre offended.

If you cannot handle people with different opinions and develop a thick skin by the time you are in a university, then it is unlikely that you will ever grow up and mature.

Admirable. Having experienced ideologically hijacked courses, fighting for balance in how social issues are presented to impressionable students would be desirable. I do not see a future for the traditional university.

Enjoyed hearing Dave's thoughts, but sweet Jesus, show the interviewer ask the questions and cut the God damned jungle-porn music. 1991 called, it wants its PSA style video skills back.

Conservative: I don't agree with what you say but I'll fight for your right to say it. Liberal: Shut Up!

Good thing we heeded this warning TWELVE YEARS AGO. Imagine how bad it could have gotten if we just ignored it. Wait…did we…eh shit.

"I don't know what has happened to the universities." None of us do.

He still has the haircut of a 5-year-old. Somehow that's comforting to me.

That quote could've been by Thomas Jefferson. . .

Wow - and how much worse it's gotten, five and ten years after this was posted in 2009!

The left's newest argument will be I treated both conservative and liberal student the same so you can't say I'm being biased. That is true to a certain degree in that the conservative student isn't being allowed to say what they want to say and the liberal student isn't being allowed to say the exact same statement. This doesn't affect the liberal student in the same way it affects the conservative student because the liberal student has no interest in saying what the conservative student says. In affect, it is still bias because the liberal student is being allowed to say whatever they want but the conservative student isn't which means the consevative student's freedom of speech is being violated and not the liberal students.

Funny guy. Damn, he aged really well.

Have a conversation on my cell phone or talk on a discussion list like this WITHOUT THE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES LISTENING IN. The requirements for search warrants or phone taps were considerably lowered. So various agencies of the government are able to regularly monitor what we say, type or listen to, without our knowledge or permission or without approval by a judge based on probable cause. Personal freedoms can be limited by the government simply declaring you suspected terrorist activities.

2:56 There are numerous examples of cops arresting people for having offended someone, usually in the guise of "disturbing the peace", "disorderly conduct", or similar claptrap.

Being offended is a preoccupation with some groups and people. There was a time in the not too descant past where if you were offended you could tell people to stuff it. Now you delegate others, college administrators and others to exact revenge for what you perceive as an offensive statement or even a implied affront.. Who determines what is offensive and what is free expression. 1984.

There is virtually no formal requirement for them to justify this. I am not personally worried. It is the long-term principle and implications that trouble me. I am definitely not the first person to comment on this. It is well-documented elsewhere.

I really wish the score, this background-loop-drone-music, could be left out of these videos. Does the editor think we need to be entertained while listening? Perhaps I'm too easily distracted, but it feels like a lack of confidence in the actual message. Let the person speak unhindered. My 2 cents.

Interesting commentary. The flashlight that somebody keeps shining at the camera is very annoying.

What's up with obtrusive music? it masks too much of what is being said, making it very difficult to follow.

@TheFIREorg Yeah, it's not that the music is bad--it's just so fast in tempo that it's completely out of touch with Barry's relaxed mood. If the speaker were really quick and loud, it would work, but not with Dave Barry.

Children in adults bodies.

That is we we are Libertarians now. And maybe 50 years from now we will have to be Liberinos...

its a violation of freedom of the press

Funfact: in Britain, university faculty members *can* be fired for voicing untoward beliefs in the course of their job. Nobody seems to regard it as a bad thing, or as hypocritical, either. I can't quite get past that.

Yo, fuck marquette university. -jcr

Actually, Achmenajad (however you spell that) met a rather hostile crowd at Columbia. It wasn't a riot or anything, but it far, FAR from friendly. Please get your facts strait.

What did he say?

Lose the background music!

Without the porno background music would be better... D.A., NYC

But don't blame only the liberals for this attitude. I hear lots of mean and dismissive, belittling attitudes from those that call themesleves "conservative." (Se some in this forum too.) What do these terms mean anymore? And as to one party government, that is what we have been having with the Republicans, with a couple of breaks in between. Bush imposed the Homeland Security fascism upon us, ironically moving in the Nazi direction.

Oh Postmodernism. Healthy and unhealthy.