Freedom of speech
This is one of the core freedoms that our nation was founded upon, and, as often, it is in jeopardy.
Generally under attack from both the left who wish to ban hate speech, and the right who want to ban “offensive speech.”
These rights are most vulnerable on campuses across the country.
Liberal professors do not like to hear kids that disagree with them, and some conservative administrators like to establish free speech zones, which ironically doesn’t call the rest of campus restricted speech zones.
There is an organization called FIRE (Foundation for individual rights in education) that protects the rights of students to express themselves on campus, and are integral to protecting our rights.
My campus had a “racism reporting system,” where a student could anonymously report another student for saying something racist, and then the campus would keep a record.
There was one student who called “shotgun” when he wanted the front seat of the car,and now has racist stamped on his record because apparently calling shotgun is racist.
This is also a nice way to slander your enemies anonymously.
FIRE fought against this, and won.Thank you FIRE.
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