College prez asks Congress to censor 'hate speech' on Facebook

Campus Reform ^ | October 11, 2017 | Toni Airaksinen

[C19fan]

Transylvania University’s president recently asked Congress to enact legislation that would force Facebook to “remove” any postings of “hate speech” from its website.

In an essay for Inside Higher Ed, President Seamus Carey argues in favor of increased government regulation of “hate speech,” a request spurred on by the recent “harassment” of a DACA recipient at the university.

[C19fan]

Transylvania Univ I believe is the oldest university west of the Appalachians. This college president should be embarrassed what is proposing is blatantly unconstitutional.

[Red Badger]

How in hell do these uneducated morons ever get into the positions they are in?..................

[2banana]

Hate speech = anything a liberal or a progressive disagrees with

[a fool in paradise]

Crony Communism

[Repeal 16-17]

Hate Speech is Free Speech - R.A.V. v. St. Paul (1992).

[snowtigger]

Who will judge what is hate speech?

[wastedyears]

Openly asking them to infringe on the First Amendment. Does this idiot REALLY want to go down that road?

[Leep]

Must be to many FB posts critical of the libtard admin?

[MileHi]

Has this clown been fired yet?

[Skooz]

I was in the kitchen,
Seamus, that’s the dog, was outside

[Mr. K]

“Congress shall make no law....”

Facebook can do whatever it wants.

[WKUHilltopper]

So Transylvania President Count Dracula—it’s only hate speech if you think it is? An “educated” moron. You suck and FU.

[nonsporting]

1st Amendment

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.

Of course there is no constitutional authorization in this area even without the first.

[cgbg]

There is a pattern beginning to emerge on the role of universities in the age of the Internet.

They have become a guild protecting their privileged status. Their goal has become to suppress knowledge—the exact opposite of their original purpose.

[marktwain]

Crony Communism

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Yes. Been going on for decades, aided and pushed by the establishment media.

[proud American in Canada]

Facebook is a private company. The marketplace will determine the choices it makes.

This teacher/president is an idiot and should be embarrassed about his or her lack of knowledge.

[yoe]

"Transylvania University’s president recently asked Congress to enact legislation that would force Facebook to..."

Isn't that just like a liberal...enact government control over FB etc............

How about educating students as to truth without the far-left propaganda......oooooooh, can't do that as truth scares the bejesus out of liberals.

[B.O. Plenty]

Isn't Transylvania where Dracula lives?

Serious, doesn't a good bit of *hate speech* originate somewhere on the left.

Why would they propose banning themselves?

[marktwain]

They have become a guild protecting their privileged status. Their goal has become to suppress knowledge—the exact opposite of their original purpose.

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Exactly.

Their primary purpose has become one of indoctrination and self interest.

[Zarro]

Who will judge what is hate speech?

Exactly!