
‘Why Not Ban Pens & Keyboards?’ Tucker Battles Student Over Whiteboard Ban
Whiteboard Ban
Tucker Carlson debated a Michigan State University student over the college's pending ban on whiteboards, after an offensive term was scrawled on one inside a dormitory.
The Lansing, Mich. branch of the NAACP hailed the administration's decision as a victory for the school's black community.
"Why not ban pens, keyboards, and other instruments of divergent opinions and just kind of suppress speech, and everyone will be happy?" Carlson asked Aaron Stephens, a student at MSU who supports the decision.
On "Tucker Carlson Tonight," Stephens said the larger issue is that a student felt compelled to "intimidate somebody... based on a different identity."
He said the ban itself is imperfect because it puts the blame on the "messaging" rather than the "message."
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