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FROM THE ARCHIVE (2024): References to current events, governmental administrations, or public policies may not reflect present-day circumstances.
Do we take our right to free speech for granted? In this speech from the archive, Chaya Raichik, better known by her alias “Libs of TikTok”, talks about the only way to defend it.
Visit our full library of content at https://freedomlibrary.hillsdale.edu/home
“Truth and Free Speech”
Chaya Raichik
Creator, Libs of TikTok
This speech was given on April 18, 2024, during a Hillsdale College National Leadership Seminar in Bellevue, Washington.
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Timecodes:
0:00 Cold Open / Sizzle Trailer
1:11 Why Free Speech Is America's First Freedom
2:09 How the Far-Left Controls Media and Institutions
2:53 From Real Estate Agent to Political Influencer
5:03 Exposing Teachers and LGBTQ Content on Libs of TikTok
7:57 Censored by Facebook, Twitter, and TikTok
10:45 Media Cover-Ups: Boston Children's Hospital and Hunter Biden
13:35 Media Hypocrisy and the Trump "Bloodbath" Distortion
17:18 The Real Story Behind Nex Benedict's Death
19:32 Media Silence on the Border Crisis and Crime
21:02 How "Hate Speech" Laws Are Criminalizing Free Speech
23:45 Media Layoffs and the Rise of Free Speech on X
26:37 Real Wins From Exposing the Radical Left
28:53 How You Can Fight Back Against the Left
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Hillsdale College is an independent institution of higher learning founded in 1844 by men and women “grateful to God for the inestimable blessings” resulting from civil and religious liberty and “believing that the diffusion of learning is essential to the perpetuity of these blessings.” It pursues the stated object of the founders: “to furnish all persons who wish, irrespective of nation, color, or sex, a literary, scientific, [and] theological education” outstanding among American colleges “and to combine with this such moral and social instruction as will best develop the minds and improve the hearts of its pupils.” As a nonsectarian Christian institution, Hillsdale College maintains “by precept and example” the immemorial teachings and practices of the Christian faith.
The College also considers itself a trustee of our Western philosophical and theological inheritance tracing to Athens and Jerusalem, a heritage finding its clearest expression in the American experiment of self-government under law.
By training the young in the liberal arts, Hillsdale College prepares students to become leaders worthy of that legacy. By encouraging the scholarship of its faculty, it contributes to the preservation of that legacy for future generations. By publicly defending that legacy, it enlists the aid of other friends of free civilization and thus secures the conditions of its own survival and independence.
FROM THE ARCHIVE (2024): References to current events, governmental administrations, or public policies may not reflect present-day circumstances.
Do we take our right to free speech for granted? In this speech from the archive, Chaya Raichik, better known by her alias “Libs of TikTok”, talks about the only way to defend it.
Visit our full library of content at https://freedomlibrary.hillsdale.edu/home
“Truth and Free Speech”
Chaya Raichik
Creator, Libs of TikTok
This speech was given on April 18, 2024, during a Hillsdale College National Leadership Seminar in Bellevue, Washington.
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Timecodes:
0:00 Cold Open / Sizzle Trailer
1:11 Why Free Speech Is America's First Freedom
2:09 How the Far-Left Controls Media and Institutions
2:53 From Real Estate Agent to Political Influencer
5:03 Exposing Teachers and LGBTQ Content on Libs of TikTok
7:57 Censored by Facebook, Twitter, and TikTok
10:45 Media Cover-Ups: Boston Children's Hospital and Hunter Biden
13:35 Media Hypocrisy and the Trump "Bloodbath" Distortion
17:18 The Real Story Behind Nex Benedict's Death
19:32 Media Silence on the Border Crisis and Crime
21:02 How "Hate Speech" Laws Are Criminalizing Free Speech
23:45 Media Layoffs and the Rise of Free Speech on X
26:37 Real Wins From Exposing the Radical Left
28:53 How You Can Fight Back Against the Left
Support Hillsdale College: https://secured.hillsdale.edu/hillsdale/support-hillsdale-college
Visit our website: http://hillsdale.edu
Learn from our online courses: http://online.hillsdale.edu
Read Imprimis: https://imprimis.hillsdale.edu/
Undergraduate programs: https://www.hillsdale.edu/information-for/undergraduate-admissions/
Graduate School of Statesmanship: https://www.hillsdale.edu/academics/graduate-school/
Graduate School of Government: https://dc.hillsdale.edu/School-of-Government/Program-Overview/
Graduate School of Education: https://classicalgrad.hillsdale.edu/
Listen to the Hillsdale College Podcast Network: https://podcast.hillsdale.edu/
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Hillsdale College is an independent institution of higher learning founded in 1844 by men and women “grateful to God for the inestimable blessings” resulting from civil and religious liberty and “believing that the diffusion of learning is essential to the perpetuity of these blessings.” It pursues the stated object of the founders: “to furnish all persons who wish, irrespective of nation, color, or sex, a literary, scientific, [and] theological education” outstanding among American colleges “and to combine with this such moral and social instruction as will best develop the minds and improve the hearts of its pupils.” As a nonsectarian Christian institution, Hillsdale College maintains “by precept and example” the immemorial teachings and practices of the Christian faith.
The College also considers itself a trustee of our Western philosophical and theological inheritance tracing to Athens and Jerusalem, a heritage finding its clearest expression in the American experiment of self-government under law.
By training the young in the liberal arts, Hillsdale College prepares students to become leaders worthy of that legacy. By encouraging the scholarship of its faculty, it contributes to the preservation of that legacy for future generations. By publicly defending that legacy, it enlists the aid of other friends of free civilization and thus secures the conditions of its own survival and independence.
