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There are many free speech laws and I think the way they are applied to charities like Oxford and ancient institutions is interesting. Compelled speech is dange

There are many free speech laws and I think the way they are applied to charities like Oxford and ancient institutions is interesting. Compelled speech is dangerous and wrong, yes. I think if you are a trustee of a charity you also should be required to uphold the principles of that charity or form a new one entirely that is more agreeable. But hijacking a charity for a different purpose than it was intended is wrong. If the administrators, trustees, and professors would prefer that Oxford have a political lean and remove any who disagree that could violate the terms of the university's constitution and history. Obviously this didn't start out of nowhere. First of all, the university has regulations on free speech[1] which are quite unrestricted. That does not mean the university enforces them that way. So the law could be said to be forcing the university to be less biased in their judgement of speech. Bringing up Holocaust denial is like invoking Godwin's Law irl. There is no mention of what views the people with grievances actually think. Presently the university has charity status. That restricts their political speech, this could be another debate. They also receive public funding. I suppose if the university administration and professors admitted to having a bias, it could threaten their funding. I don't think compelling speech is correct but I also think it is almost certainly a violation of the charity status and Oxford regulations to underhandedly enforce political views. [1]: https://www.ox.ac.uk/students/life/clubs/clubs/registered-clubs/rules-regulations/freedom-expression https://www.ox.ac.uk/students/life/clubs/clubs/registered-cl...

mmarq 4y ago
> I don't think compelling speech is correct but I also think it is almost certainly a violation of the charity status and Oxford regulations to underhandedly enforce political views. The Oxford university is [check notes] a university. What you have in mind is the Speakers Corner, where everybody can go and speak about vaccines, children of celebrities, lizard people and whatever.
- onetimeusename 4y ago
  no? Did I or did I not link to a policy by the university? The council and congregation do not have the right to violate their own constitution and laws by selectively enforcing them and using underhanded hiring tactics. If they wanted to make a private political activist club, they don't have that authority to do so even if it's impossible to enforce this. So the compelled speech is a blunt instrument against the rather delicate issue of free speech grievances at the university (given that the university has its own policy which may not be enforced properly)

mmarq 4y ago

> I don't think compelling speech is correct but I also think it is almost certainly a violation of the charity status and Oxford regulations to underhandedly enforce political views. The Oxford university is [check notes] a university. What you have in mind is the Speakers Corner, where everybody can go and speak about vaccines, children of celebrities, lizard people and whatever.

onetimeusename 4y ago
no? Did I or did I not link to a policy by the university? The council and congregation do not have the right to violate their own constitution and laws by selectively enforcing them and using underhanded hiring tactics. If they wanted to make a private political activist club, they don't have that authority to do so even if it's impossible to enforce this. So the compelled speech is a blunt instrument against the rather delicate issue of free speech grievances at the university (given that the university has its own policy which may not be enforced properly)