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Old 11-25-2002, 11:13 AM
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Private universities would certainly be able to engage in these practices... But public?

Examples such as UGA not allowing a fraternity to display the Confederate flag are flagrant violations of free speech... Political speech at that, one of our most sacred rights.

We need to protect free speech even if it is our own opinion that it is in poor taste, stupid, racist, whatever, it is still these people's right.

We go to college... who are we to say that our views are somehow more correct than someone else's? They may be just as offended by what we have to say as you are when listening to them.

Some of these examples are just examples of ignorant college kids doing things that they really didn't understand the implications of... Others are all-out violations of first amendment rights. I'd like to see a group like the ACLU take this one up.
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