Spiked Is Hosting an 'Unsafe Space' College Tour, and Reason's Robby Soave and Elizabeth Nolan Brown Are Speaking

Coming to a campus near you.

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The fall semester has begun, which means crazy Title IX cases, absurd acts of censorship, and political-correctness-run-amok in full force. Cutting through the fog of speech-suppression is Spiked, a British magazine that takes a hard libertarian stance on free expression.

Spiked is sponsoring several events at U.S. campuses as part of its "Unsafe Space" tour, and Reason writers will be participating. You can watch Elizabeth Nolan Brown talk about Title IX at American University on September 28, and you can watch me, Robby Soave, take on political correctness at Harvard University on November 6, just two days' shy of the one-year anniversary of Donald Trump's PC-backlash-fueled ascendancy to the highest office in the land.

We will be joined by some brilliant folks and friends of Reason, including Steven Pinker, Kmele Foster, Nadine Strossen, Wendy Kaminer, Laura Kipnis, Robert Shibley, and Spiked's own Brendan O'Neill (and many more). Tickets are available now.

Comments

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

Careful you two, Brendan oniell likes to throw cold water on the millennials.

https://youtu.be/SW7jszRrI60

[Fist of Etiquette]

Do Harvard students require safe spaces and counseling when opposing viewpoints make it past the gates?

[Zeb]

I imagine some do.

[John is back!]

I love that John, after throwing a tantrum and storming off, was told he was obnoxious and his company was no longer wanted, so he had to slink back here.

The pretending he didn’t shit the bed on his way out is even more priceless.

Welcome back Mr Idiot who threatened Reason with legal action.

[Michael S. Langston]

…was told he was obnoxious and his company was no longer wanted, so he had to slink back here…

I wasn’t aware all commenters on Reason now share a single voice, but given all those welcoming John back, you might be wrong about the consensus of him not being wanted.

In fact, he seems to be very important to you given both his disappearance and reappearance are important enough for you to notice, point out to others, and even requires you to change your handle.

Not saying you have a secret love/hate crush on John, but it certainly appears John’s posting habits are of utmost importance to you.

Which says far more about you than it ever will about John.

[Unlabelable MJGreen]

Cutting through the fog of speech-suppression is Spiked, a British magazine that takes a hard libertarian stance on free expression.

Totally tubular!

[Citizen X - #6]

Robby Soave’s hair and Steven Pinker’s hair are gonna be on the same stage? You guys, there might not be any survivors.

[BestUsedCarSales]

You kidding? There’s gonna a huge uptake in population after this event.

[Ron]

I wonder if Spiked could do the same in Britain or is the U.S. the last place, for now, that anyone can still have an Unsafe space tour without being arrested.

[Quo Usque Tandem]

Did you see yesterday’s story “Video of dog giving Nazi salute gets man hate crime charge?” Given that level of government reach, I would no, you could not do the same in Britain.

[Unlabelable MJGreen]

Ooh, the NYC event looks lit – Weinstein, Kipnis, and weirdo O’Neill – and I will be returning that very afternoon from vacay. CLOSE CALL!

[Tony]

If Trump is what we get as a PC backlash, then obviously the fucking problem is not with PC but with the backlash.

[Citizen X - #6]

“People who feel marginalized, justifiably or not, need to shut up and die!”

[This Machine Chips Fascists]

Remember, Ambien hangover. Not think good for long time. Log off. Hydrate.

[MarkLastname]

Why either/or? I view the whole lot of you as you as my fucking problem.

[JWDAVIS]

Hope all these students have their stress cards handy!

[Crusty Juggler - Lawbertarian]

Good luck – we’re all counting on you.

[This Machine Chips Fascists]

“Reason’s Robby Soave and Elizabeth Nolan Brown Are Speaking”

I didn’t know they weren’t speaking. Did this have something to do with fruit sushi?

[lap83]

“Fruit Sioux-shi and the Banshees: a feminist perspective on cultural appropriation in popular food and music”

[Quo Usque Tandem]

No one, at least as far as I have noticed, has brought up our brothers in black hoodies and face masks. Surely they are at this very moment planning an appearance.

[some guy]

Maybe the cosmotarians will bring along some yokeltarians for protection…

[Microaggressor]

Just wait until Robby finds out he was secretly a white supremacist all along. And no amount of to-be-sures will protect him from the pepper spray and urine bottles. I can’t wait to see the footage.

[GILMORE?]

“Less-Dangerous Faggots“

[SIV]

perfect

[Ranter]

Really hard to believe this isn’t going to be an annual event, spanning hundreds of colleges, nationwide…

[Azathoth!!]

Robbie and ENB are speaking? I didn’t know antifa had designated speakers.

What will they be protesting? Free Speech? Freedom of Association?–ooh!, maybe they’ll go all out and protest freedom of thought!

[Zeb]

Hurr Durr, blerpity-bloo.

[Azathoth!!]

Always nice when your handlers let you pretend to type. Shows off that amazing intellect of yours.

Best part is–it took you a quarter of an hour to come up with this.

[JeremyR]

Er, haven’t both Rico and ENB been in favor of violence to stop free speech? Am I missing something?

[Episteme]

“Stop hitting yourself! Stop hitting yourself! Stop hitting yourself!”

It’s about the cocktail party invites?