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Originally Posted by Gdimom1
"I disagree with what you say but will defend to the death your right to say it. " Its that which forms the basis for much of our liberty.
I don't think that many of these things that are being said are ok. Or just " kids being kids." I think much of it is awful and demeaning. But they are words.
And our fundamental governing document requires that the government ( which it has long been recognized includes public universities) can't take steps to punish those words. Social suspension etc...is punishment ( a long line of case law makes this clear). . Case law has long established that you can't make " hate speech" punishable even though people still try
Words need to be met with words. Students who disagree should be countering with their own words. Protests, rallies. Etc. but they have to recognize that they can't set as their goal getting their public university to quah the speech of those they disagree with. Instead they have to override the hatred with their own speech.
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@ the bold - I agree with you, absolutely, 110%.
The problem arises when, as GLOs, we like to present ourselves as having higher moral and ethical standards that we express in our Creeds, Oaths, Symphonies and open mottoes.
It becomes really hard to take GLOs seriously when our members display rude, lewd and obnoxious behavior.
What sets GLOs apart from just some random student organization is our commitment to improve the quality of the lives of our members and the community where we live in the oaths and pledges that we accept during initiation. Some people really do try to live up to the ideals of their sorority / fraternity.
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