Posted on 03/11/2015 6:49:27 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Cheaper for OU to pay off any potential lawsuit, than it is to take the heat for not doing “something”.
After all, it’s not like it’s THIER money they will be paying out.
Obeying the law is now optional in the Kenyan’s “fundamentally transformed” turd world “America”.
Why has no one mentioned underage drinking? Surely that can get students expelled.
“Rice, a graduate of an expensive Catholic prep school, admits that booze is no excuse”
http://www.newser.com/story/203840/expelled-ou-student-sorry-for-horrible-mistake.html
That would only be reasonable and fair.
In the end the university will pay a high price for its overreaction
“Law” is what the Black Panthers, Obola the cryptoMoslem,
and antiWhite withHolder say it is.
American Thinker’s Thomas Lifson said it best:
Yes, the chants were hurtful (though they were done in private and not intended to be shown in public), and yes, slavery and Jim Crow are unique evils in the history of our nation. But we are on a dangerous path.
Back in 1964, the wave of campus activism that eventually turned our universities into left wing bastions was sparked in the name of free speech. We have come full circle, and free speech is the last thing that campuses want to defend.
See. This proves what I’ve been trying to tell people. The Sooners are evil.
I agree. 38-35.
There is no presumption of privacy in these days of video capable cell phones.
It’s all about white people saying the same thing blacks do all the time. Now Boren’s the racist.
On the other hand do you want to be known for the rest of your life as the guy who sued his school for the right to say "n***er"? What's that going to do to his job opportunities?
It would be an interesting case and would send many into a tizzy(and be entertaining) but my guess is that the expelled students feel so publicly humiliated that they just want to hide under a rock now.
And without a plaintiff there is no case, and no real debate.
I am disappointed in Megyn Kelly who prides herself on being a legal expert doing two segments on this situation from aan emotional standpoint ignoring the legal issues.
It reminds me of the Soviet Union's intolerance of any sort of dissent. Sure, those people who sang that racist song ought to be made to feel bad, but official retaliatory action over a stupid song?
How about we just let social pressure punish them and leave off using the force of government to control people's speech?
IMO, Megyn jumped the shark some time ago. I've come to expect this sort of nonsense from her.
While the technical aspects of law might protect them from the action, there is the probability that the University and the SAE charter, as well as any agreements, etc. between the two may be operative as a ‘contract’ between the two.
Sue, sue, sue. The Duke Lacrosse team case should be a clear road map.
Sadly it’s a huge missed opportunity for freedom and personal responsibility. Imagine what would have happeneded if the university president instead had said something like this:
“The university condemns this racist speech, which is hurtful and not acceptable by the standards of modern society. However, we each have the right under the first amendment to engage in such acts, even though they are hateful and offensive to nearly everyone. The University of Oklahoma strongly defends the constitutional right to freedom of expression and will publish the names of all those involved in this video, all members of the SAE fraternity, and any one else we identify as having participated in this act. It is our sincere hope that their national fraternity acts to revoke the OU SAE charter and that the students involved bear the responsibility for these hurtful acts for the balance of their time here, and as they seek to enter the next phase of their careers. The university stands equally firm behind freedom of speech, and the inherent responsibility that comes from exercising that right”
A missed opportunity, a teachable moment.
There you have your show prep, Rush. You’re welcome.
She’s obviously socially liberal, but unfortunately she’s the best act on FNC.
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