cancel2 2022 (03-23-2019)
cancel2 2022 (03-23-2019)
Hate speech (racist or not) is constitutionally protected. If it is a public university they are already restricted by the 1st Amendment and lawsuits by FIRE (Foundation for Individual Rights in Education) usually win when colleges restrict free speech, limit it to very small areas of campus, etc.
Taking offense to somebody's speech is not justification for starting a riot and the person initiating the riot goes to jail for violence--not the person exercising his free speech rights. Calling someone a racist pig is protected speech.
Sailor (03-22-2019)
So why can't you give me some names?
Ok, so let's be real here. You don't understand the difference between free speech and being given a platform. College campuses have free speech. You can say anything you want, as long as it isn't a threat, and the cops won't arrest you. However, the colleges themselves get to decide whether or not to give you a platform.
This is what many on the Right seem to not understand.
https://www.aclu.org/other/speech-campus
Q: The First Amendment prevents the government from arresting people for what they say, but who says the Constitution guarantees speakers a platform on campus?
A: The First Amendment does not require the government to provide a platform to anyone, but it does prohibit the government from discriminating against speech on the basis of the speaker’s viewpoint. For example, public colleges and universities have no obligation to fund student publications; however, the Supreme Court has held that if a public university voluntarily provides these funds, it cannot selectively withhold them from particular student publications simply because they advocate a controversial point of view.
Of course, public colleges and universities are free to invite whomever they like to speak at commencement ceremonies or other events, just as students are free to protest speakers they find offensive. College administrators cannot, however, dictate which speakers students may invite to campus on their own initiative. If a college or university usually allows students to use campus resources (such as auditoriums) to entertain guests, the school cannot withdraw those resources simply because students have invited a controversial speaker to campus.
Violations of speech codes usually involve school policies and not criminal laws. Criminal violations usually involve trespassing by non-students or being in non-free speech areas.
Some of the speech codes prohibit: "eye contact or lack thereof," and banned words include snowman, "blind leading the blind," polo, "past one's prime," "old wive's tale," Founding Fathers, drunken or drunkenness, insane, Man of War, huts.
Colleges don't have to provide a platform, but in open public areas such as parks people are free to make speeches about their political views. That concept also applies to areas on college campus but some schools have limited that speech (including tables distributing literature) to very small areas of the campus that are away from most student traffic.
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