The thing about this episode is that it's so messy because the writers were weirdly ahead of their time with this, and what I got out of it, based on the characters' inability to find a lesson themselves, may not be what the writers intended. Frankly, the politics of this entire season all seem to head in the right direction but the more nuance an idea needs, the less exact and direct the morals of any lesson, hence the ending of the episode.
"Freedom of speech" means absolutely nothing if we all take it at face value and give it no nuance and act like all speech should be allowed without any consideration for context and content. What the students of Greendale do to agree that the racist comedian should not be allowed to perform and work together to try and stop him is more noble than the blind fight for a non-existent, non-hypocritical freedom of speech that forces them to go against the will of most of society, a will that they all banded together and worked to enact.
Are we really free when the will of the few get to make decisions that affect all of us? Every student and teacher's data was leaked! And I don't think there's any lesson about data and privacy, it's just a way for our characters to have a romp and get angry at each other, 'cuz that's what our dear study...committee is best at: being horrible people. And my favorite thing about this show is that every other student at Greendale hates them.
"Freedom of speech" means absolutely nothing if we all take it at face value and give it no nuance and act like all speech should be allowed without any consideration for context and content. What the students of Greendale do to agree that the racist comedian should not be allowed to perform and work together to try and stop him is more noble than the blind fight for a non-existent, non-hypocritical freedom of speech that forces them to go against the will of most of society, a will that they all banded together and worked to enact.
Are we really free when the will of the few get to make decisions that affect all of us? Every student and teacher's data was leaked! And I don't think there's any lesson about data and privacy, it's just a way for our characters to have a romp and get angry at each other, 'cuz that's what our dear study...committee is best at: being horrible people. And my favorite thing about this show is that every other student at Greendale hates them.