Wednesday, June 22, 2016

What If Our Constitution Were Written Like Campus Speech Codes?

What If Our Constitution Were Written Like Campus Speech Codes? (VIDEO) - FIRE

Administrators at college campuses routinely use speech codes to launch investigations into campus newspapers, prohibit religious symbols, and silence support for political candidates.  
Instead of fostering a marketplace of ideas at the university, faculty and students often push to disinvite controversial speakers and entertainers
College administrators have used speech codes to prohibit biased speechdisrespectful speech, and “inappropriately directed laughter,” and to restrict all questionable speech to “free speech zones.”... 

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