Posted on 06/18/2026 12:16:00 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A wild University of California system policy that allegedly punished students for not using another person’s preferred pronouns has gotten the school into legal trouble courtesy of a lawsuit filed by a conservative watchdog.
UC’s Sexual Violence and Sexual Harassment Policy impinges on free speech rights, according to the complaint filed by Defending Education and obtained by The California Post.
“UC leaves no doubt that its ban on hostile-environment harassment covers protected speech,” legal representatives for Defending Education said in the documents. One section of the policy lists derogatory slurs related to sexual orientation as an example of “harassment.” A person simply laughing at someone for acting a certain way would violate the policy, it added. Verbal speech like that is legally protected, Defending Education claimed.
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Nazis can pound sand. NO ONE in the USA can compel speech.
Wait until they pack the Supreme Court, and all the laws change dramatically.
My thoughts exactly.
I hate these fascist bastards because they are obsessed with destroying the meaning of marriage and the family.
“A person simply laughing at someone for acting a certain way would violate the policy, it added. Verbal speech like that is legally protected, Defending Education claimed.” Is it OK if I laugh at myself?
That’s when the shooting starts. And no I am not calling for war if any spooks are monitoring.
Why would they need to shoot? Conservatives will never fight back.
Its coming and people here are simply unaware.
Compelled speech is NEVER free speech. One would think those oh so intelligent Leftists in California would know this by now.
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