Blog 134 | The Libertarian Institute

We Should Never Grow Tired of Saying ‘I Told You So’

by Peter R. Quiñones | Aug 25, 2020 | Blog

**I wrote this three years ago, look at the last sentence**

If I made the statement right now that this society is in a culture war I don’t think anyone reading this would argue with me. I know that a lot of you would say that free speech is under attack, but understand that basic freedoms are as well. If Free Speech drops, everything goes away and I mean everything.

When I went to college what seems like a century ago nobody was declaring, “you can’t say that.” On the contrary, free speech was encouraged and everybody was asked to speak up and say what was on their mind. That seemed to take a drastic turn in the last 20 years.

The meme above is an accurate depiction of what is happening on college campuses today. Any student who says something that is outside of the protective bubble they have put up is immediately shouted down and typically tagged a “Nazi.” The theory is that if they can label you the worst of all things, the “racist Nazi,” you are completely discredited and anything further coming out of your mouth is hate speech.

Even if you were to somehow “win the day,” they will just change the rules and BOOM, you’re a Nazi again!

This is not only happening on college campuses but many of these tyrants have graduated and taken up home in H.R. departments all throughout commerce.

To the Rescue!

by Laurie Calhoun | Aug 25, 2020 | Blog

Thank goodness the Peruvian government is protecting its young people from Covid-19.

Shot By Cops, Thwarted By Judges And Geography

by Steven Woskow | Aug 25, 2020 | Blog

How qualified immunity works: U.S. courts show wide regional disparities in granting qualified immunity, the controversial legal doctrine now under fire for protecting officers accused of excessive force.

The shooter was Fort Worth, Texas, police officer Hugo Barron. He and his partner had been looking for two shirtless Black men wanted for an armed robbery involving tennis shoes. When the cops spotted David Collie, they pulled into the apartment complex, got out of the squad car and started shouting commands at him.

Police dashboard camera video shows that Collie was walking away from the two cops as he pulled his hand out of his pocket and raised his arm. That’s when Barron fired his gun. A hollow-point bullet slammed into Collie’s back, punctured a lung and severed his spine, leaving him paralyzed from the waist down.

In the four years since then, Collie, now 37 years old, has lived in nursing homes, afflicted with infections, pressure sores, and bouts of crushing depression. As he talked about the July 2016 shooting and what it took from him, wails from an elderly patient echoed down the corridor. The odors of urine and excrement wafted in from the hall. Collie closed his eyes and exhaled. “Paralyzed over some tennis shoes? Come on, man,” he said. “You’re playing with a human life here.”

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