Campus 'free speech zones'

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  1. Doofenshmirtz

    Doofenshmirtz Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Campus 'free speech zones' face new round of scrutiny


     
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    I can see colleges having protest and demonstration free zones. Just like I wouldn't like free speech advocates standing on my doorstep shouting obscenities at me all day. People should use common politeness and caring for other people's feelings whilst protesting for the greater good of mankind.

    And for gods sake clean up your mess when you're done with protesting.
     
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    PROGRESS: Bill to prohibit campus ‘free speech zones’ introduced in U.S. Senate.

    Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah announced that he was introducing legislation to protect free speech on campus. The bill, called the “Free Right to Expression in Education Act,” would prohibit public institutions of higher education from quarantining free expression into small, misleadingly labeled “free speech zones” on their campuses. If enacted, the measure would free tens of thousands of public university students from these restrictive, unconstitutional zones.

    The Free Right to Expression in Education Act states, in part:

    Each public institution of higher education . . . may not prohibit . . . a person from freely engaging in noncommercial expressive activity in an outdoor area on the institution’s campus if the person’s conduct is lawful.

    The bill would allow universities to “enforce reasonable time, place, and manner restrictions” on speech occurring in the open, outdoor areas of the public, but those restrictions would need to follow applicable standards set by the Supreme Court.

    It should provide for $25,000 in statutory damages, plus attorney’s fees, for each offense.
     
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    God forbid lefties to read the Constitution.

    The Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and the Declaration of Independence are all hate speech ... just ask any liberal college student. They were written by a Dead White Males which makes them irrelevant.
     
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    These zones have always been infringements. Good to see them being eliminated.
     
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    Free Speech Zones should only exist so that we know which political movements are cowards who let the state tell them when they're allowed to protest and which aren't
     
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