College Flip Flops on Free Speech

Political Castaway ^ | 3/13/2009 | Selkirk

[Selkirk]

Pomona College doesn't really seem to understand how free speech really works. Seems like the school took offense to the notion that two of its students, challenged Planned Parenthood representatives on campus regarding their controversial practices. The school kicked them off campus, citing free speech principles.

The students in question are associated with the group Live Action, who has done groundbreaking work in connection with its Mona Lisa project, exposing the predatory practices of Planned Parenthood.

To the school, I have but one, very important question: Wha?

Video, after the jump.

[devistate one four]

The person (not the school) who is responsible for the banishment should be invited to a party. The two who were banished get to decide which kind of party ie blanket, tar & feather, etc.

[ROLF of the HILL COUNTRY]

After watching the video, it's obvious why they were expelled; they were SO RUDE and THREATENING! /sarc

The PP workers are like cockroaches, they don't like the light (in this case, a camera) exposing what they do!

[rusureitflies?]

the perps hide behind their positions...

[incredulous joe]

I don’t understand why people that are in this kind of situation simply don’t sue the doo-dahs out of the school.

[SECURE AMERICA]

Don’t you understand in a Socialist Country -See Obama as President - free speech is what the socialists determine it is, not what citizens or that old fashioned piece of paper called the US Constitution say it is.........

[Blood of Tyrants]

They practice free speech.. liberal, totalitarian style. In their world, you have the absolute right to say what they want you to say.

[An American!]

You have got to be kidding me...what a pathetic school
1. These two kids attend a public event put on by Planned Parenthood
2. They bring along a video camera
3. They ask questions during the event and challenge the responses.
4. They are polite throughout.
5. Planned Parenthood finds out about it and screams at the college.
6. The college suspends the kids and says they violated school policy and freespeech. (no policy exists that says anything like this). 7. The Alumni and current students go crazy mad at the school.
8. School says...Oops...you are allowed back on campus.

Those administrators who were involved should be disciplined and suspended without pay for a duration TRIPLE the two students suspension time. And then made to attend a semester or two of constitutional law or something similar.