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Candidate for UT editor-in-chief wants school to ban ‘specifically hostile views’ from campus
College Fix ^ | February 21, 2017 | Greg Piper

Posted on 02/21/2017 9:41:33 AM PST by C19fan

And the other one wants to nullify freedom of association

The Daily Texan has a curious way of choosing its editor-in-chief each year.

Candidates write editorials laying out their vision, and then UT-Austin students vote online to “weigh in” on who gets the position (it’s not clear what effect this vote has).

The two candidates for the term starting June 1 are Janhavi Nemawarkar and Laura Hallas, and while they have contrasting visions for the job, both fundamentally misunderstand what role the public university can legally play in regulating offensive speech.

(Excerpt) Read more at thecollegefix.com ...


TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: freedom; speech
Am I the only one who fears there will be some SCOTUS case in the future effectively gutting the First Amendment.
1 posted on 02/21/2017 9:41:33 AM PST by C19fan
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To: C19fan

No muslims allowed is a given, then.


2 posted on 02/21/2017 9:43:02 AM PST by simpson96
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To: C19fan

Guess they’re dropping sports.


3 posted on 02/21/2017 9:51:56 AM PST by ealgeone
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To: C19fan

Not if hilLIAR had won


4 posted on 02/21/2017 9:53:19 AM PST by A_Former_Democrat ("Liberalism is a mental disorder" On FULL Display NOW BOYCOTT Mexico NFL PepsiCO Kellogg's)
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nother couple of years and we’ll be right where france is now:

“France passes law imposing up to two years prison for running pro-life websites”

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3526403/posts


5 posted on 02/21/2017 9:55:37 AM PST by Bob434
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Who cares what the court says, if they make free speech illegal, we should all become criminals because we will be following the Constitution, not what some political hack judge has decreed from their ivory tower.


6 posted on 02/21/2017 9:59:33 AM PST by GraceG (Only a fool works hard in an environment where hard work is not appreciated...)
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To: C19fan

Who determines what a hostile view is?


7 posted on 02/21/2017 10:21:32 AM PST by Parley Baer
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To: Parley Baer

Prior to January 2017, it was any article criticizing the President/
After Jan 2017, it is any article supporting the President.

HTH


8 posted on 02/21/2017 10:24:06 AM PST by AppyPappy (Don't mistake your dorm political discussions with the desires of the nation)
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To: C19fan

Let me guess, pro-Trump editors need not apply.


9 posted on 02/21/2017 10:25:19 AM PST by Huskrrrr
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And yet...eliminating free speech is hostile.


10 posted on 02/21/2017 10:36:00 AM PST by WKUHilltopper (WKU 2016 Boca Raton Bowl Champions)
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"If we do not believe in freedom of speech for those we despise we do not believe in it at all." - Noam Chomsky

What he said.

11 posted on 02/21/2017 10:53:10 AM PST by Phlap (REDNECK@LIBARTS.EDU)
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I don’t care what you say but I will defend to the death your right to say it.


12 posted on 02/21/2017 10:56:40 AM PST by Phlap (REDNECK@LIBARTS.EDU)
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