Answer the following questions: 1. According to Malik, why should we defend the right to offend? In your opinion can an emphasis on tolerance become repressive and destructive? What is Malik driving at by the statement: My speech should be free but yours is too costly? What is your own view on this subject? https://youtu.be/rAqsOFdF2_g?t=548 2. Should hate speech be allowed on the internet? Explain you opinion on this topic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNGhQj-QUmA 3. What are Microaggressions? Pick 3 of the statements listed in the video and explain how they might (this doesnt mean you have to agree) be viewed as microaggressions. Is there a contradiction between these students embracing of free speech and their stand against offensive speech? Explain your reasons for feeling the way you do. https://youtu.be/i_4-BqSIUD8?t=31 4. Watch the following debate between University of Toronto Professors Jordan Peterson and A.W. Pete on the use of alternate or gender neutral pronouns in the classroom. Briefly explain the general opinion of each professor. Which of these positions do you have the most sympathy towards? Why do you feel this way? https://youtu.be/SiijS_9hPkM?t=62 5. Explain the perspectives of Colin Kaepernick, Dom Rasso and Richard Allen Smith. Do you support Kaepernicks form of protest? Why or why not? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90XLYlJUwoA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJ-wNQIpP54 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=or2lBotHhho
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