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Originally Posted by DSTCHAOS
Anyway, I think that people are championing the causes of those who have these parties and "ugly woman competitions" as if it serves some larger "Constitutional Rights" purpose. Not because people actually agree with the views expressed in these events. Some people do, of course, and Kevin might be one of them---that's his business. However, there are better things to champion freedom of speech based on. For instance, if a chapter's (not the chapter in this thread) "redskin party" is the epitome of Constitutional Rights then that reminds us of how far we have not come as a KKKountry.
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If we don't champion the right to speech we find to be offensive, and the ugly woman contest, fwiw, to me, is offensive as hell, then we risk losing that right. We cannot allow the government to be in a position where it gets to draw the line as to what is good and what is bad when it comes to speech. That line drawing is left to the public at large.
Now.. if the Native group wants to protest, condemn, write letters to the editor, write to Gamma Phi Beta's National, taunt, hold rallies, etc., then good for them. Gamma Phi Beta should have to face the consequences of their speech if indeed it was offensive, but those consequences can't flow from any governmental institution.
As for the "Redskin Party," the ability to have it is important where actually having it -- that'd probably be a pretty dumb thing to do. The reaction of the public to such an event would be a better indicator than anything else as to how far we've come.