Wild Card - Anthony Watson: Liberty or Death
Hannah Diffee Professor Reppert Media Law and Ethics May 2025 Wild Card - Anthony Watson: "Liberty or Death" On April 30th, former Olympian and Turning Point USA contributor Anthony Watson visited the Southern Arkansas University campus to discuss the importance of free speech. His talk, titled "Liberty or Death," touched on his experiences as an athlete and individual and encouraged audience members to stand up for their beliefs, regardless of the obstacles they might face. Anthony Watson is a former Olympic athlete who competed in skeleton racing, a winter sport where athletes race bobsleds head-first down a steep and treacherous slope. Watson represented Jamaica in the 2018 Winter Olympics as the nation's first-ever athlete in the sport. He planned to continue competing, but his life took a drastic turn when he was asked about the " Black Lives Matter " movement in an interview and stated that it was "stupid." After that, his sponsors s...
