{"id":7433,"date":"2018-12-21T16:56:11","date_gmt":"2018-12-21T16:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.austinshortfilm.com\/blog\/the-only-thing-small-in-texas-is-free-speech\/"},"modified":"2018-12-21T16:56:11","modified_gmt":"2018-12-21T16:56:11","slug":"the-only-thing-small-in-texas-is-free-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.austinshortfilm.com\/politics\/the-only-thing-small-in-texas-is-free-speech\/","title":{"rendered":"The Only Thing Small In Texas Is Free Speech"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sH6Sc3vWKuM\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>JOIN THE HOME OF PROGRESSIVES: http:\/\/tyt.com\/JOIN<\/p>\n<p>A children\u2019s speech pathologist in Texas has been removed from her job for refusing to give up her constitutional rights. Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian, hosts of The Young Turks, break it down.<\/p>\n<p>Read more here:<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/theintercept.com\/2018\/12\/17\/israel-texas-anti-bds-law\/<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A CHILDREN\u2019S SPEECH PATHOLOGIST who has worked for the last nine years with developmentally disabled, autistic, and speech-impaired elementary school students in Austin, Texas, has been told that she can no longer work with the public school district, after she refused to sign an oath vowing that she \u201cdoes not\u201d and \u201cwill not\u201d engage in a boycott of Israel or \u201cotherwise tak[e] any action that is intended to inflict economic harm\u201d on that foreign nation. A lawsuit on her behalf was filed early Monday morning in a federal court in the Western District of Texas, alleging a violation of her First Amendment right of free speech.<\/p>\n<p>The child language specialist, Bahia Amawi, is a U.S. citizen who received a master\u2019s degree in speech pathology in 1999 and, since then, has specialized in evaluations for young children with language difficulties (see video below). Amawi was born in Austria and has lived in the U.S. for the last 30 years, fluently speaks three languages (English, German, and Arabic), and has four U.S.-born American children of her own.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Hosts: Cenk Uygur, Ana Kasparian<\/p>\n<p>Cast: Cenk Uygur, Ana Kasparian<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p>The Largest Online News Show in the World. Hosted by Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian. 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A young person who rebels against authority or societal expectations.(American Heritage Dictionary)<\/p>\n<p>#TYT #TheYoungTurks #TYTnetwork<\/p>\n<h3>More info on The Only Thing Small In Texas Is Free Speech<\/h3>\n<div class=\"ss-local-rss\"><div class=\"rss_header\"><h2><a href=\"https:\/\/cn.bing.com\/news\/search\/?q=The+Only+Thing+Small+In+Texas+Is+Free+Speech&amp;qft=sortbydate%3D%221%22&amp;format=rss\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"rss_title\">The Only Thing Small In Texas Is Free Speech - BingNews<\/a><br \/><span class=\"rss_description\"> Search results<\/span><\/h2><\/div><ul>\n            <li>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&amp;aid=&amp;tid=66332122a67842f3a1f6a20289379455&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fox4news.com%2Fnews%2Fgov-greg-abbott-ut-austin-shift-from-championing-free-speech-to-policing-protesters-intentions&amp;c=14815891047940341731&amp;mkt=en-us\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGov. 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Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian, hosts of The Young Turks, break it down. 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