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Originally Posted by DSTCHAOS
And since freedom of speech isn't a free-for-all and Universities can dictate various aspects of students' freedoms, it isn't as cut and dry as you are presenting it.
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Speech isn't one of those aspects unless the speech is obscene, child porn, constitutes a "clear and present danger" (see the Holmes test), etc. This sort of thing isn't on that list of exceptions. We have the right as individuals and groups to offend one another, be it through racially inflammatory speech or almost anything else. Otherwise, there are a lot of kids at Cal-Berkley who should probably be in prison.
It is that cut and dry. Really. Especially in this case.
Again, you and a lot of others are confusing the power a lot of universities claim to have and what the constitution says. You're all smart people -- you should know the Constitution trumps university policy.
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