UC Berkeley's short but sweet tweet made me happy.

[pnwmom]

Link to tweet

Dear prospective students: We fully support your right to peacefully protest, and would never refuse your admittance for doing so. Signed, the home of free speech

[badhair77]

1. Love this ❤️

Traditions like this one should be continued.

[ananda]

2. Good! And nearly 200 other colleges are doing the same!

nt

[sweetroxie]

3. I went to grad school at Berkeley

right during the Free Speech Movement. It is indeed the home of free speech.

[spike jones]

4. Mario Savio (December 8, 1942 November 6, 1996)

was an American activist and a key member in the Berkeley Free Speech Movement. He is most famous for his passionate speeches, especially the "put your bodies upon the gears" address given at Sproul Hall, University of California, Berkeley on December 2, 1964.

"There's a time when the operation of the machine becomes so odious, makes you so sick at heart, that you can't take part! You can't even passively take part! And you've got to put your bodies upon the gears and upon the wheels…upon the levers, upon all the apparatus, and you've got to make it stop! And you've got to indicate to the people who run it, to the people who own it, that unless you're free, the machine will be prevented from working at all! "

[The_jackalope]

5. I was just going to mention him.

My dad was on sabbatical at Berkeley that year, and was in the square that day. He was so excited and impressed, and wrote us all about it. When I went down for a conference in 2011 I made a point of visiting the square myself. A proud moment in American history.

[spike jones]

7. I was there in 1970 at the Bank of America protest. n/t

[ProudProgressiveNow]

6. K&R nt

[SCantiGOP]

8. U of South Carolina

Announced the same thing today.
I imagine there will be some BS blowback from the usual RW legislators tomorrow.

[Rainbow Droid]

9. America used to be the home of free speech.

Just sayin.

[lunatica]

10. I just retired from UC Berkeley

I was in administration and I loved my job. I always felt that my job was for a truly worthy cause

[pnwmom]

11. We have several connections to Berkeley. It IS a great place. nt

[California_Republic]

12. Sweet!