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Noam Chomsky may be 86, but he doesn't pull his punches.

In a recent interview with Ezra Levant, the famed U.S. linguist and social justice activist took the Canadian commentator to task over freedom of speech.

Levant interviewed Chomsky in a video chat for his new website, The Rebel, and free speech was at the top of the agenda. Levant wasted no time in asking why the left doesn't care as much about freedom of speech now as it did in the 1960s.

"Why [is it] today's leftists are the enforcers of speech codes?" Levant asks.

"I don't think that's true at all," Chomsky answered.

Levant then asks Chomsky "aren't there more speech codes being enforced by leftists now than ever before?"

"That's a dramatic exaggeration," Chomsky said. "The restrictions on freedom of expression come from the corporate sector and the state sector and they're pretty rigid."

The two don't find a lot of common ground on the issue. Watch the full interview at The Rebel.

Just after the 20-minute mark, Levant moves on to foreign affairs and asks Chomsky if it's a sign of anti-Semitism that the international community is "obsessing" over Israel while "ignoring" Syria's Bashar Al-Assad and the Islamic State.

"That's like asking me do I agree that the moon is made out of green cheese," Chomsky replied without missing a beat.

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Published February 15, 2015

Dansh Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt pays respects Sunday Feb. 15, 2015, at the Copenhagen Synagogue for the victims for the Saturday nights shootings in Copenhagen. Danish police shot and killed a man early Sunday suspected of carrying out shooting attacks at a free speech event and then at a Copenhagen synagogue, killing two men, including a member of Denmark's Jewish community. Five police officers were also wounded in the attacks. (AP Photo / Thomas Borberg, Polfoto) DENMARK OUT(The Associated Press)

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, Sunday, Feb. 15, 2015. (AP Photo/Abir Sultan)(The Associated Press)

Police working at the scene where police shot and killed the alleged shooter in Copenhagen. Shooting took place early Sunday morning close to Noerrebro commuter station. Danish police shot and killed a man early Sunday suspected of carrying out shooting attacks at a free speech event and then at a Copenhagen synagogue, killing two men, including a member of Denmark's Jewish community. Five police officers were also wounded in the attacks. (AP Photo / Jens Dresling, Polfoto) DENMARK OUT(The Associated Press)

Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt in front of the Synagogue in Copehagen, Sunday, Feb. 15, 2015. A man opened fire Saturday killing a Danish documentary filmmaker and a member of the Scandinavian countrys Jewish community and wounding five police officers in the attacks. (AP Photo/Polfoto, Jens Dresling) DENMARK OUT(The Associated Press)

COPENHAGEN, Denmark Public figures across Europe and beyond on Sunday condemned the attack by an unidentified gunman against a free speech event and a synagogue in Copenhagen that left three people dead, including the suspected perpetrator. Investigators in the Danish capital say the gunman could have been inspired by the terror attacks in Paris last month, in which three Islamic radicals killed 17 people at the Charlie Hebdo newspaper, a kosher grocery store and elsewhere.

Here's a look at some of the reactions to the events in Copenhagen:

"Denmark has been hit by terror."

"As a nation we have experienced a few hours that we will never forget. We have tasted the nasty taste of fear and powerlessness that the terrorists want us to taste."

"We do not know the motive for the alleged perpetrator's actions, but we know that there are forces that want to hurt Denmark. They want to rebuke our freedom of speech." - Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt.

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COLUMBIA Leonard Riley Jr. knows his First Amendment rights, and his rights to public information, and he knows when theyve been violated.

Dissatisfied with the management policies at the Medical University of South Carolina, Riley and other activists organized a silent protest of the universitys board of trustees meetings last fall. He said they had intended to go to every meeting until their complaints were acknowledged.

But at their second appearance, the trustees abruptly decided that the previous protest had been unruly and distracting. The protesters were provided just five seats and prohibited from displaying their signs, an action that Riley considered a violation of their freedom of speech.

If a public meeting is happening, we have a right to be there, he said this week. This was a violation of my rights under the Constitution of the United States.

The restrictions didnt last long, and Riley, chair of the Carolina Alliance for Fair Employment, said the protests will continue until the board gives them an audience.

Rileys experience is just one example of an attempt to infringe upon South Carolinas Freedom of Information Act. The FOI Act outlines citizens access to public information controlled by state agencies and legislators.

After three S.C. Supreme Court decisions last year weakened the FOI Act, state lawmakers have introduced five bills this session intended to strengthen and clarify state laws.

We need to open up the secrets of agencies and local governments to public scrutiny, said John Crangle, chair of the states chapter of Common Cause, a citizens lobby for democracy reform. Thats what we need in South Carolina.

If passed, the bills would designate an office of FOI review; lift legislators exemption from FOI; require an agenda for public meetings; and disclose cause of death from autopsy reports.

Patricia OConnor, chair of the South Carolina Press Associations FOI committee and a journalism professor at Coastal Carolina University, said the bills could set a tone for further strengthening of open government and the FOI bill in South Carolina.

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S.C. legislators debating changes to strengthen Freedom of Information Act