Study: 88% of colleges, universities restrict free speech in some form
A new study from the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education has found that 88% of American universities restrict free speech in some form.
FIRE’s 2021 Spotlight on Speech Codes looked at the free speech policies of 478 colleges and universities, 372 public institutions and 106 private colleges and universities. Based on a school’s written policies on free speech, it was assigned into one of four categories: Red light, yellow light, green light or warning. Factors examined when compiling the ratings included a university’s policies on “free speech zones,” hate speech, internet usage, tolerance, respect and civility, harassment, obscenity and security fees....
John Lee wrote: Kieron, if you stick around long enough, you will see that this SA forum has limits placed on what you may or may not post. Therefore, although Free Speech is held by SA, it is not Free Speech without limits. For example, certain words and names are held by SA software or database, and if you attempt to post using those words or names, your whole post will be rejected. This is only common sense. You cannot permit absolute freedom to speak or post using swear words for example, or make threats against other posters. You may not put bomb-making information in your post nor anything that is likely to cause an upheaval. Have you not noticed that some posts are removed by the moderators? There is such a thing as etiquette on a Christian board.
Absolutely perfect brother. And we can't yell fire in a crowded movie theater. And there are many more things like lying under oath, etc.
Kieron wrote: There’s no such thing as “Absolute Free Speech”, that’s a vague term. It’s developed by those who hate free speech. In the national laws you can be sued for slander and libel. In scripture Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour and many more verses.
Kieron, if you stick around long enough, you will see that this SA forum has limits placed on what you may or may not post. Therefore, although Free Speech is held by SA, it is not Free Speech without limits. For example, certain words and names are held by SA software or database, and if you attempt to post using those words or names, your whole post will be rejected.
This is only common sense. You cannot permit absolute freedom to speak or post using swear words for example, or make threats against other posters. You may not put bomb-making information in your post nor anything that is likely to cause an upheaval.
Have you not noticed that some posts are removed by the moderators? There is such a thing as etiquette on a Christian board.
John Lee from Wales writes: Absolute free speech is where you have complete liberty without repercussion to say anything whatsoever you want to say.
There’s no such thing as “Absolute Free Speech”, that’s a vague term. It’s developed by those who hate free speech. In the national laws you can be sued for slander and libel. In scripture Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour and many more verses.
Schools and universities are ideal places for PC Liberalist indoctrinations to begin in future populations.
Democrats, Liberalists and socialists want a future of no morals in society. This is their method of achieving that.
Establishing their deceptions with false “hate speech” concepts and attacking the normal traditional moral standards is a confusion they use to achieve PC Liberalist mind sets.
Public education institutions are falling under the controls of Democrat and Liberalist thinkers, thus the future becomes influenced in their hands to bring about brain washed society.
“A decade ago when we put this report together, most of the schools in our database were getting our worst rating. Now, the number of schools that are maintaining those most clearly and substantially restrictive policies are going down, which may surprise folks from things that they hear about the state of free speech on campus,” she said.
Beltz attributed the improvement, in part, to the fact that “a lot of state legislatures are passing free speech-supporting bills that apply to [public] colleges.”
The above from the SA article. Gloomy Gusses take heart.
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