Alex Sobel fears far-right gain with 'slippery slope' of uni free speech law

Jul 13, 2021 View Original Article
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    -12% Somewhat Liberal

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  • Policy Leaning

    48% Medium Conservative

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"Conservative Members have no response on how existing laws will prevent harmful conspiracy theorists -- such as anti-vaxxers -- who could be protected on campus."
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-24% Liberal
"She said: It may not always be the case that there is a victim of harassment as prescribed under the Equality Act if, for instance, there is a meeting to discuss Holocaust denial at which only those who support those horrific views are present."
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-26% Liberal
"Yes, Donald Trump ordered vaccines in advance but so did many other countries and the European Union."
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16% Conservative
"Thiessen contends that if President Biden would acknowledge Operation Warp Speed as the greatest achievement of the Trump presidency then Republicans would flock to be vaccinated."
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2% Conservative
"Thiessen contends that if President Biden would acknowledge Operation Warp Speed as the greatest achievement of the Trump presidency then Republicans would flock to be vaccinated."
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2% Conservative
"It's very clear that a high percentage of Republicans don't want to get vaccinated, and if we want them to get immunized they should be reminded, as Thiessen writes, that Operation Warp Speed -- the greatest public health achievement in human history -- was also the greatest achievement of the Trump presidency."
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12% Conservative
"Regarding To boost acceptance, give Trump credit for vaccines, (July 9): Why would President Joe Biden want to give Marc Theissen's hero, former President Trump, credit for the vaccines?"
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-4% Liberal
"Regarding To boost acceptance, give Trump credit for vaccines, (July 9): Why would President Joe Biden want to give Marc Theissen's hero, former President Trump, credit for the vaccines?"
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-4% Liberal
"I submit that the reason for the reluctance by many individuals to get vaccinated has little to do with trying to thwart the efforts of the Biden administration."
Negative
-14% Liberal
"Has he forgotten that Trump continued to hold superspreader events ignoring is own experts?"
Negative
-18% Liberal
"In fact, not only was President Trump the reason we have a vaccine to debate about, but on numerous occasions I have heard him urge Americans to get vaccinated."
Negative
-20% Liberal
"While it is true that former President Donald Trump should get the credit of some of the positive accomplishments of the handling of the coronavirus pandemic, he also needs to shoulder much of the blame for his failures."
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-22% Liberal
"Has he forgotten that Trump and Melania received his vaccine out of camera shot, and never mentioned it publicly?"
Negative
-24% Liberal
"Has Marc already forgotten that Trump downplayed the virus from the begiing?"
Negative
-28% Liberal
"Has he forgotten that Trump said that it would go away when the weather warmed?"
Negative
-28% Liberal
"Has he forgotten that Trump hid the extent of his bout with the disease and dramatized his return to the White House by removal of his mask?"
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-28% Liberal
"Instead it has considerably more to do with candidates Biden and Harris's skepticism during the campaign regarding the vaccine's safety and the growing distrust of the erstwhile COVID authority Dr. Fauci and the CDC due to their gross overreach and errant conclusions and flip-flops throughout the pandemic."
Negative
-28% Liberal
"Since Jan. 6, there has been no legitimate role for Donald Trump in America's political life."
Negative
-32% Liberal
"Trump repeatedly tried to downplay the seriousness of the virus, sometimes directly making false statements about treatments that were known to be non-effective, and challenging his own scientists."
Negative
-32% Liberal
"Has Thiessen forgotten that Trump treated the pandemic as an inconvenience during the campaign?"
Negative
-32% Liberal
"Has he forgotten that Trump harassed state governors who closed their states to save lives?"
Negative
-34% Liberal
"Has he forgotten that Trump suggested injecting ourselves with bleach to kill the virus?"
Negative
-34% Liberal
"Regarding If Abbott and Trump were true leaders, they'd urge vaccinations, (July 10): Your editorial relies upon your consistent canard that President Trump and his supporters are always at fault for the latest problem facing the country."
Negative
-36% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

38% : "Conservative Members have no response on how existing laws will prevent harmful conspiracy theorists -- such as anti-vaxxers -- who could be protected on campus."
37% : She said:" It may not always be the case that there is a victim of harassment as prescribed under the Equality Act if, for instance, there is a meeting to discuss Holocaust denial at which only those who support those horrific views are present.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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