From The Tennessean:
Speaking on behalf of a bill centered around free speech, a Knoxville-based lawmaker on Wednesday said a terrorist organization should be allowed to recruit on college campuses in Tennessee.
While presenting a billed dubbed the “Tennessee Student Free Speech Protection Act,” Rep. Martin Daniel, R-Knoxville, fielded a question from Rep. John DeBerry Jr., D-Memphis, about whether he believed ISIS should be able to stand in the middle of university campuses and “recruit for ISIS.”
“Yes,” Daniel replied. “So long as it doesn’t disrupt the proceedings on that campus. Yes sir. They can recruit people for any other organization or any other cause. I think it’s just part of being exposed to differing viewpoints.”
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From Unfiltered Patriot:
Is there any limit to the idiocy of our elected representatives? Every day, you read something that makes you realize how much truth there is to Donald Trump’s assertion that our lawmakers have absolutely no idea what they’re doing. And it’s not just limited to Democrats, either. Look at Knoxville, Tennessee, where a Republican representative named Martin Daniel thinks that free speech should mean giving Islamic terrorists access to college students.
Defending his “Tennessee Student Free Speech Protection Act,” Daniel was asked if terrorists should be able to go to college campuses and “recruit for ISIS.”
“Yes,” Daniel said. “So long as it doesn’t disrupt the proceedings on that campus. Yes sir. They can recruit people for any other organization or any other cause. I think it’s just part of being exposed to differing viewpoints.”
Oh, right, right. Differing viewpoints. That’s what college is for. Come get your degree, dabble in some Chomsky, make a gay friend, and join ISIS. It’s all part of the experience, maaan.
Daniel was challenged by a Democrat, who said that this wasn’t about protests and free love. “There are young people who are not ready yet – they’re half-baked, half-cooked – who are recruited to work against their own parents, their own nation, and I would be concerned as a parent and as a citizen. Free speech is one thing; being stupid is another.”
