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mahatmakanejeeves

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4. IANAL, but the speech has to reach a certain level before its loses protection.

Wed Mar 11, 2015, 11:15 AM

Mar 2015

It has to do more than be odious.

United States free speech exceptions

ETA: From a few days before this latest incident happened:

Free Speech on Campus: The 10 Worst Offenders of 2014

Greg Lukianoff
President, Foundation for Individual Rights in Education

Posted: 03/02/2015 9:38 am EST Updated: 03/02/2015 5:59 pm EST

College is the place where students should be encouraged to, as Yale promises, "think the unthinkable, discuss the unmentionable, and challenge the unchallengeable." Unfortunately, schools all across the country not only fall short on promises of free expression and academic freedom but openly suppress constitutionally protected speech on campus by using tools such as speech codes to shut down forms of expression that might be uncomfortable, disagreeable, or even offensive to some members of the campus community.

To give a clearer picture of campus censorship, we at the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) today announce our fourth annual list of the top 10 threats to free speech on campus.

Google "odious protected speech."

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Why expelled Oklahoma frat boys would have an ‘excellent chance’ in court [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2015 OP

Universities have a right (and obligation) to prevent lynchings on campus. stone space Mar 2015 #1

You think they phil89 Mar 2015 #2

No reason to take chances with these guys. stone space Mar 2015 #3

Many registrars and probate judges sure as hell don't want same-sex couples married. NT mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2015 #10

Not sure of the relevance. They didn't talk about lynching gay couples (nt) stone space Mar 2015 #11

IANAL, but the speech has to reach a certain level before its loses protection. mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2015 #4

A university is not a court of law. stone space Mar 2015 #5

A public university is an arm of the government. NT mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2015 #6

I teach at a state university. stone space Mar 2015 #7

I attended an elementary school named after the man who wrote the Bill of Rights. mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2015 #8

It's the ugliest stuff that brings out the staunchest defenders. mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2015 #9

These former students are still free... stone space Mar 2015 #12