Don't Mess With Firefly: You Can't Take My Speech From Me

[eldritchhobbit]

Gacked from Ed Morrissey at Hot Air:

The great people at the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) have a new video out this week recapping one of their most prominent victories over censorship in Academia — prominent because this case found a ready-made constituency of activists for individual rights. Fans of Firefly rushed to defend University of Wisconsin Professor James Miller after he was accused by campus police of creating a threatening environment by hanging a Firefly poster on his office door, a case in which FIRE prevailed. The video interviews Neil Gaiman and delivers a serious message:

Kudos to Nathan Fillion and Adam Baldwin for coming to Professor Miller’s defense, and especially to my fellow fans of Firefly and Serenity, but the serious point made in this video is that free speech should always have a constituency. Still, I do love Neil Gaiman's point here:

"There are people you do not want to upset in the world. And big groups of people you don’t want to upset would obviously include the politically disenfranchised who feel they have nothing to lose. And those that feel that the time has come for revolution. Then out on the edges beyond any of those are science fiction and fantasy fans whose favorite show has been cancelled in an untimely way."

FYI, FIRE has a contest for the most creative tweets promoting this new video, with $500 in prizes for the winners.

Comments

*boggles*

[ithiliana.livejournal.com]

omg, that's...that's......a FIREFLY poster? Threatening people?

I mean..............

*goes to read more*

Re: *boggles*

[eldritchhobbit.livejournal.com]

This was seriously crazy. When he replaced it with a poster against fascism, they considered that a threat, too. ::headdesk::

[ithiliana.livejournal.com]

I am also thrilled to hear about FIRE!

*goes to link and post*

[eldritchhobbit.livejournal.com]

Yay! Thanks for posting about it!

[ithiliana.livejournal.com]

one of my colleagues in political science who studied radical revolutionary politics in South and Latin America took some flack for years because of a poster of Che Guevera on her office door.......but at least nobody tried to force her to take it down.

[eldritchhobbit.livejournal.com]

but at least nobody tried to force her to take it down.

That's good to hear! Tolerance doesn't require agreement, it just requires... well, tolerance. ;)

[mecurtin.livejournal.com]

... I don't understand how a Firefly poster can create a threatening environment. Explain?

[eldritchhobbit.livejournal.com]

I know, right? The details are just as ridiculous as you might expect. Here's the story. The video above also explains what happened, FYI.

[muntahz.livejournal.com]

I shared this!
So insanely stupid!
Did you watch the video about the 5 worst cases with whichFIRE has had to deal? Interesting.

[eldritchhobbit.livejournal.com]

Thanks for sharing it!

I watched that: very interesting indeed. Amazing what's happening on campuses.

[alivion.livejournal.com]

The world is ending in flames of stupidity!

If I was that professor, I'd have taken down the Firefly poster and replaced it with some Shakespeare quotes; the dirtiest, most violent Shakespeare quotes I could find.
You can always counter any negative ideas about shows or movies or books by throwing Shakespeare at his most base at the problem.

[eldritchhobbit.livejournal.com]

Flames of stupidity, indeed!

You can always counter any negative ideas about shows or movies or books by throwing Shakespeare at his most base at the problem.

LOL! Excellent strategy. :D

[belleferret.livejournal.com]

Great video!

Yeah, don't mess with us SciFi/Fantasy fans!!!

[eldritchhobbit.livejournal.com]

Isn't it just? You said it.

[abbie (from livejournal.com)]

I love the last quote of the clip.

[eldritchhobbit.livejournal.com]

Me, too!

Hope you're having a great holiday. Happy 2012!

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