First they come for your chalk.
Posted on 04/07/2016 2:47:14 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
A senator-elect in UTC's 2016-2017 student government was asked to resign after she made chalk drawings in support of presidential candidacy of Donald Trump.
The move follows a similar kerfuffle at Emory University that began a national debate over increasing U.S. student demands for "safe spaces" at the expense of free political expression.
A group that calls itself Empower UTC released a statement on Twitter saying that it had asked for Hailey Puckett's resignation because "we realize that her values do not line up with the pillars we've established ourselves on."
Photos and videos on Twitter showed a group of students using water to erase the Trump drawings, then replacing them with messages espousing unity and diversity, while using the hashtag #BlackUTC.
Puckett's Twitter account was no longer available on Wednesday afternoon, but a screenshot posted by others showed her taking credit for the artwork.
Students' attempts to erase the pro-Trump chalkings and force Puckett's resignation drew both support and condemnation from around the U.S., with some decrying students' apparent attempts to censor the political views of another student, while others cheered the stand against what they see as a candidate who represents bigoted viewpoints.
A statement released by the UTC Student Government Association clarified that the school's student government was not itself calling for Puckett's resignation, rather it was the coalition of which she is a member that has asked for her to step down.
Chuck Cantrell, UTC's associate vice chancellor of marketing and communication, said though the university's administration is staying out of the debate, neither the student who created the original Trump chalkings nor those who later erased and replaced her chalkings with their own messages followed the school's rules, which require a reservation. However, "nobody's in trouble," he said.
"Clearly, we want our students to feel free to exercise freedom of expression, freedom of speech in a civil, respectful way, and that's really what we're hoping students will come around to," Cantrell said. "We're hoping that our students will recognize this as a teachable moment."
lawsuit. I would assume
First they come for your chalk.
Major lawsuit coming I would expect. That’s a huge civil rights case
You can always “ask”...it is when you DEMAND to ignore the 1st amendment that you hear the racking sound. Now if she were a liberal she would be “deeply concerned” and offer to resign. Let’s see what she is made of. Hopefully her response will be a pretty smile and the “bird”... The only response they would understand, we certainly know logic doesn’t work. Remember, the snowflakes she is dealing with can’t discern between the KKK and a Priest.
The headline is misleading. The school administration is not involved. It was other students who asked her to resign. She’s free to ignore them.
Other students don’t have any more right than administration to violate her rights and in the process make her life miserable for not complying.
UTC would appear to be University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.
“we realize that her values do not line up with the pillars we’ve established ourselves on.”
That is true. Hailey Puckett is obviously more open-minded than the complaining students. The only bigots are those who want to force her resignation.
Nor should her values align with the Empower UTC "pillars." People like these students start off with intimidation (clearly, they are at this step already), but, as they gain power, their actions to quash dissent become ever more oppressive and violent. Once they take control, it is only a matter of time before dissenters "disappear."
The left always claims to be compassionate. But the left is responsible for more deaths of innocent people than any other political movement in history. Hundreds of millions have died in the leftist pursuit of "utopia."
“we realize that her values do not line up with the pillars we’ve established ourselves on.”
What?!?!? They’ve established themselves on pillars?!?!
If I correctly understand the situation, Ms. Puckett was elected with the support of the EmpowerUTC group. Members of the group have now realized that she has some opinions which differ from theirs. They are asking her to surrender her post, presumably in favor of a non-Trump-supporting representative of the group.
Also, it appears that both Ms. Puckett and her opponents violated school policy by chalking without a reservation.
Ha. No, I think the other students, too, have the right to free speech.
Now, black chalking black lives matter will get you a visit to the white house
Another attack on the 1st Amendment.
Je Suis #ChalkTrump
Lol!!!
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