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Originally Posted by DrPhil
As long as white people understand the correlation between incidents such as this and race-ethnicity-culture themed events.
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I wouldn't hold your breathe on that one.
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Originally Posted by DeltAlum
I'm surprised that I don't see anyone claiming that the actions by President Boren are a violation of the two expelled students Constitutional right to free speech under The First Amendment to the US Constitution.
I think that's the case here, even though I agree with Boren and SAE Nationals actions. Entirely.
However, I learned many years ago that the Amendment only applies if government infringes on a person's rights. That would seem to be true of a state supported university wouldn't it?
It may be that this situation is so egregious that the chapter and individuals involved will be shamed enough to simply keep their mouths shut. That's the opinion of an attorney who has handled cases before for chapters. (He also applauds the decisions made by OU and SAE by the way) He asked to remain anonymous.
I hope that happens. I met President Boren at a picnic for National Merit Scholars when our son started at Oklahoma several years ago and was very impressed. I think his actions in this case were exactly right, and hope they stand up.
I will now go quietly back into Greek Chat hibernation for another few years.
Fraternally,
DeltAlum
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Good to see you and I thought the same thing when I heard that these guys were expelled. I'll admit I didn't see the video and I don't care to but if it's as horrible as it sounds it's possible that minority students could feel threatened by these guys and therefore expelling them is more a student safety issue than a free speech issue.
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