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Tanuki

(15,383 posts)
Mon Feb 20, 2017, 03:41 PM Feb 2017

How do you like Milo Y. now, TN GOP legislators?

Another stinking dead albatross to hang around their necks.

http://www.tennessean.com/story/news/politics/2017/02/09/breitbarts-milo-yiannopolous-inspires-tennessee-free-speech-bill/97690656/

"Inspired by a Breitbart News editor whose speeches have spurred protests at colleges across the country, state lawmakers on Thursday touted a bill that they said would protect free speech on Tennessee campuses.

While discussing the bill in a news conference, sponsors Rep. Martin Daniel and Sen. Joey Hensley referenced the protests against controversial conservative Milo Yiannopoulos, who is a senior editor at Breitbart. Violence erupted at a protest against a planned Yiannopoulos speech at the University of California, Berkeley, prompting officials there to cancel the speech. The lawmakers indicated that the violence had hampered the expression of conservative ideas at Berkeley. Similar issues have cropped up in Tennessee, they said.

Daniel, R-Knoxville, called his legislation "the Milo bill," and said it was "designed to implement oversight of administrators' handling of free speech issues."
Hensley, R-Hohenwald, said the bill was specifically tailored to defend students with conservative views that he said had been silenced in the past.

"We've heard stories from many students that are honestly on the conservative side that have those issues stifled in the classroom," Hensley said. "We just want to ensure our public universities allow all types of speech."
The bill said public universities "have abdicated their responsibility to uphold free speech principles, and these failures make it appropriate for all state institutions of higher education to restate and confirm their commitment in this regard."
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How do you like Milo Y. now, TN GOP legislators? (Original Post) Tanuki Feb 2017 OP
"the Milo bill" underpants Feb 2017 #1
Milo's mistake was saying it is OK to molest and abuse boys. Doreen Feb 2017 #2
Controversial "Milo Bill" Gets New Name After Breitbart Editor Resigns muriel_volestrangler Feb 2017 #3

Doreen

(11,686 posts)
2. Milo's mistake was saying it is OK to molest and abuse boys.
Mon Feb 20, 2017, 03:52 PM
Feb 2017

If he had said it about females the GOP would have no problem. What a sick bastard........the GOP also.

muriel_volestrangler

(102,666 posts)
3. Controversial "Milo Bill" Gets New Name After Breitbart Editor Resigns
Wed Feb 22, 2017, 05:06 AM
Feb 2017
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A Republican lawmaker has planned to change the name of a controversial bill named after right-wing commentator Milo Yiannopoulos, after he seemed to endorse pedophilia in comments made over the weekend.

The "Milo Bill" was first introduced by Republican Representative Martin Daniel earlier this month.

At a news conference, Rep. Daniel played video of riots at UC Berkley which prompted school officials to cancel a speech by Yiannopolous. At the time, Rep. Daniel told reporters his bill would prevent state run colleges like UT Knoxville from taking similar measures.

On Tuesday, he told NewsChannel 5 he plans to rename the bill the "Thomas Jefferson Bill," and said he doesn't follow or keep track of Yiannopoulos even though he spent an entire news conference pushing a bill named after him.

http://www.newschannel5.com/news/controversial-milo-bill-gets-new-name-after-breitbart-editor-resigns

How about the "Freedom Liberty Eagle Milo Who's He Mom and Apple Pie Bill"?
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