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First off, the first amendment is clear on this issue and FIRE has a 100% success rate (donate today if you can) in overturning school bans on speech. And perh
by merpnderp 11y ago
First off, the first amendment is clear on this issue and FIRE has a 100% success rate (donate today if you can) in overturning school bans on speech.
And perhaps you should allow that speech the same way I wouldn't be okay with Hillaray 2016 who spearheaded the effort to create the situation in Syria (along with Lybia Egypt and Iraq) which has caused the deaths of over 500k people and tens of millions of homeless.
If one of the presidential contenders doesn't make you safe, I would think Hillary would be first to mind with bloody deadly wars in the wake of her only tenure in real power.
- sp332 11y agoHarassment and threats aren't covered. I think you're right about Hillary, but what does that have to do with this conversation?
- merpnderp 11y agoWriting "Trump 2016" on the ground during an election year is only a threat or harassment in the case of a few people's (poorly thought out) opinion. It isn't a threat in the eyes of the law or the first amendment, even if it weren't an election year. And people who push for this type of patriarchal protection from ideas that scare them should be careful that this doesn't become the norm, for their own opinions are surely as "threatening" to others.
- greenyoda 11y ago"the first amendment is clear on this issue" Since the First Amendment only restricts the actions of the federal (and by extension the state and local) government, it only applies to universities run by the government (e.g., state universities). Private universities like Emory are not bound by the First Amendment any more than a shopping mall is. However, there are other ways to pressure universities to allow freedom of speech: exposing their actions in the press, alumni cutting off financial support, etc.