i go to sarah lawrence college and one with not so great speech. >> you get a lot for your money. [laughter] >> i wanted to ask you specifically about health concerns when cited as a reason for censorship. people will bring up the fact that free speech may be triggering the folks that have gone through the dramatic incidents or are of a gender or race that could be offended by certain dramatic incidents and that that is put forth as the reason for censorship. >> i really haven't run into that argument often. and i usually make fun of the universities for their lack of creativity in coming up with excuses for censorship but that one is fairly new to me. and the thing that i found worry some is how the end up watering down things like medical reasons and how there was a policy i think in ohio that said sexual harassment takes place on the spectrum that includes anything from of colored jokes to sexual assault. and i remember being like okay you can't make a principal distinction between a dirty joke and you really have to reconsider your priorities. i'm trying to point out that this

lawrence o'donnell." have a great night. >>> tonight, america has a new biggest loser. move over, sarah palin, you are now no longer the vice presidential candidate that will never be president. >> i know the election was a long time ago. >> one full week since election day. >> i wanted to refresh everyone's memories. >> we made this campaign about big ideas and big issues. >> big issues. >> just wasn't enough at the end of the day. >> that lost. >> they lost. >> this was a real shellacking. >> losing never feels good. >> we were surprised at the outcome. >> what are the lessons for conservatives? >> the primary problem is an economic message. >> the problem is. >> a demographic problem. >> disrespecting women the last two years. >> we were surprised in the outcome. the president won the race, i congratulated him on the race. >> the republican party needs to get it together. >> the hard part is where you get there. >> congress returns for lame duck session. >> back from recess with a daunting task. >> to avert the fiscal cliff. >> the issue is taxes. >> the bush era tax cuts. >> i refus