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Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,2017 was a hell of a year \Nfor the First Amendment.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nowhere was more central\Nto this culture war
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than the campuses and \Nuniversities across America,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,including right here, \Nat the University of Nevada, Reno.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Two UNR students became infamous \Nfor their speech in the past year,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,found themselves embroiled in two\Nof the biggest free speech controversies
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the past couple of years.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Student, Peter Cytanovic became the face \Nof white nationalism,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when a picture of him snarling, \Nholding a tiki torch
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the Unite the Right Rally \Nin Charlottesville went viral.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On the complete opposite end \Nof the political spectrum,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you can call it that,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,graduate, Colin Kaepernick,\Nwent on to the NFL
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and used his position to highlight\Npolice brutality and racial injustice,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by taking a knee\Nduring the National Anthem.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Both men became incredibly \Ncontroversial for their speech.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There were calls and campaigns for both\Nmen to be expelled for their opinions.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But regardless, whether you agree with one\Nof them, or both of them, or neither,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the First Amendment protects\Nboth of those men and their opinions
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from censorship and retaliation\Nby the government.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's a good thing,\Nand I want to tell you why.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's becoming more common for me to hear
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we should have \Nlower protections for speech,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that specifically, we should \Ncriminalize hate speech.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hear this from the left a lot.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think a lot of progressives \Nenvision a world where people
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like Colin Kaepernick can take a knee\Nand protest of racial injustice,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without fear of retaliation \Nfrom the government,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without fear that the President\Nwill pressure the NFL to fire him.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But they also want to live in a world\Nwhere a government school like UNR
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can expel a student like Peter Cytanovic\Nfor his hateful views.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is a fantasy.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And more than that, it's dangerous.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm a progressive,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's not hard for me to pick between\Nwhite nationalism and racial justice.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One is abhorrent, one is an overdue\Ndemand for equal rights.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what would happen if I gave\Na government the right to decide
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which of those men\Nwas too hateful to speak?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,President Trump \Nis a pretty useful barometer.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He called the marchers \Nat Charlottesville, "very fine people,"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while reserving his ire for\Nblack football players who take a knee
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as "sons of bitches."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your hate speech may not\Nbe the government's idea of hate speech.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I sure as hell know,\Nit's not mine.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But even if you happen \Nto agree with Trump,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can you be confident that\Nthe next President, the next government
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will agree with your world view?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You shouldn't be.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's why, above all,\NI am an anti-authoritarian.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know that the U.S. government\Nhas a long history
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of wielding its raw power\Nagainst the vulnerable communities
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that speak truth to that power,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,against those who seek\Nto change the status quo.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And because I want every student\Nto be able to take a knee
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without fear of government censorship,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am a true believer \Nin the First Amendment.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But even as a First Amendment attorney,\NI find a lot of the common tropes
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and myths about the First Amendment\Nreally unsatisfying.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I wanna go through three\Nof these myths, dust them off,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and hopefully in the process,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we'll come up with three practical rules\Nfor exercising your free speech rights,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,powerfully and strategically.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the first one, is one I suspect\Nwe all learned in Kindergarten,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you remember your nursery rhymes,\Nplease feel free to join me.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sticks and stones may break my bones\Nbut words will never hurt me.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Does anyone, as an adult,\Nactually believe this?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's manifestly untrue.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm a free speech attorney precisely\Nbecause I believe that words matter,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's ludicrous to protect free speech\Nby denying its very power.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, why do we lie to kids, right?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why do we fabricate this thing for them?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, it's because humans of all ages\Ncan be vicious, it's just true.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when a kid is at the receiving end\Nof injustice, a taunt, hateful language,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we want that kid \Nto be empowered, not diminished.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In February, notorious troll,\NMilo Yiannopoulos,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had a planned speech at UC Berkeley.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Students and others \Nin the community went nuts.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There were protests, there were riots,\Nthings were set on fire.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The administration cancelled his talk.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In April, there was a repeat, same thing,\Nexcept this time, it was Ann Coulter.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She was going to speak,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,School officials said,\N"There's going to be riots."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They cancelled her talk.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those two individuals, Ann and Milo,\Nman, they became martyrs.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They got to take on the roll of victims\Nof liberal censorship.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They went on media tours,\Nthe media ate it up.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They got more attention \Nfor being silenced than they ever did
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for trying to peddle \Ntheir actual substantive views.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I think it's helpful to think \Nof professional, provocateurs and trolls
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as we would those schoolyard bullies.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah, their words can hurt, \Nthere's no point in denying that.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the better question is, \Nhow do we respond to that, right?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And a troll, a provocateur\Nwants you to censor them.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's part of the goal,\Nit feeds into their power,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it gives them something to sell.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, we don't have to march to that tune.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't have to play that role.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we can think of them,\Nlike these bullies,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,yeah their words hurt, \Nbut, there's also power in sass.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's power in refusing \Nto be goaded into a fight
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or to play the role of censor.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, don't do it.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But some words wound in ways\Nthat are different from others.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which brings us to myth number two.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hear this one a lot, \Nparticularly online.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We all know that hate speech \Nisn't protected by the First Amendment.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not so.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As that anecdote about Trump\Nhopefully made you think,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hate speech can be \Nin the eye of the beholder,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ire of the behearer, I guess,\Nif that's a word.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just this week in Spain,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a man was arrested for the hate crime,\Nthis is real, of calling cops "slackers."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on Facebook.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Police are covered under \Nthe Spanish Hate Crime Law.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what criticizing your government\Nlooks like in a country
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without a First Amendment.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, we don't have to protect speech\Njust out of paranoia
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that our government will warp\Nwhat we think speech and hate speech are.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's also an upshot.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the late 1960's,