{"id":1333,"date":"2011-10-29T15:51:15","date_gmt":"2011-10-29T19:51:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/10\/we-tend-to-promote-free-speech-vsu-president-levy.html"},"modified":"2011-10-29T15:51:15","modified_gmt":"2011-10-29T19:51:15","slug":"we-tend-to-promote-free-speech-vsu-president-levy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/10\/we-tend-to-promote-free-speech-vsu-president-levy.html","title":{"rendered":"We tend to promote free speech &mdash;VSU President Levy"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/6286421447\/in\/set-72157627867352213\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6056\/6286421447_c7416f094b_m.jpg\"><\/a>\nHenry Calhoun found VSU Interim President Dr. Louis Levy,\nwho came over to the Occupy Valdosta meeting 27 October.\nErin Hurley invited him to come to the\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/10\/planning-meetings-occupy-valdosta-vsu-27-october-2011.html\">\nmid-November<\/a> Teach-In.\nHe replied:\n<blockquote>\n&#8230;as long as it&#8217;s legal and non-obstructive\nin terms of people getting in and out of buildings.\nWe tend to promote free speech.\nAnd if we don&#8217;t, we&#8217;ll pay the price for it later.\n<p>\n&#8230;\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/6286417699\/in\/set-72157627867352213\/\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6033\/6286417699_9d9f26e804_m.jpg\"><\/a>\nWe actually encourage free discussion and debate.\nBesides, I&#8217;m a sociologist.\nWe can take what everyone knows and put them into\nfour different kinds of perspectives and lenses\njust to do battle with each other.\n<\/blockquote>\nHe thanked Erin for the invitation.\n<p>\nVSU students, staff, and faculty who want their next president\nto hold positions like that on free speech might want to\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/09\/what-about-vsu-president-selection-bobbi-anne-hancock-to-nathan-deal-vsu-16-september-2011.html\">\nget involved with selection of the next VSU president.<\/a>\n<p>\nHere&#8217;s\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Se0p9pdazBE\">\nthe video:<\/a>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Se0p9pdazBE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<br>\n<small>\nWe tend to promote free speech.\n<br>\nInformation and Organization,\n<br>\nGeneral Assembly, Occupy Valdosta (OV),\n<br>\nValdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 27 October 2011.\n<br>\nVideos by John S. 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