Comments on: Restricted speech on campus http://www.joannejacobs.com/2008/07/restricted-speech-on-campus/ Thinking and Linking by Joanne Jacobs Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:51:22 +0000 hourly 1 By: anon http://www.joannejacobs.com/2008/07/restricted-speech-on-campus/#comment-37595 anon Sun, 06 Jul 2008 18:01:18 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/2008/07/05/restricted-speech-on-campus/#comment-37595 I'd be hard pressed to find another place in America where free speech is more imperiled than on college campuses. I’d be hard pressed to find another place in America where free speech is more imperiled than on college campuses.

]]> By: Linda F http://www.joannejacobs.com/2008/07/restricted-speech-on-campus/#comment-37594 Linda F Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:31:45 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/2008/07/05/restricted-speech-on-campus/#comment-37594 With these PC codes, we have truly entered the world of ThoughtCrime. I remember hating the book 1984 in high school. It seemed, to me in 1967, to be so over-the-top, so unlikely; what government entity would ever try to censor a free people? What an idiot I was. It took only a few years of my lifetime to firmly establish that SOME people couldn't be permitted to speak freely. For the same speech, some are permitted, even encouraged, to express themselves. Others are prosecuted, expelled, forced to attend brainwashing and thought correction sessions. For the same speech. FIRE needs to bump this up to the Supreme Court. Now. Before another presidential election takes place. With these PC codes, we have truly entered the world of ThoughtCrime.

I remember hating the book 1984 in high school. It seemed, to me in 1967, to be so over-the-top, so unlikely; what government entity would ever try to censor a free people?

What an idiot I was. It took only a few years of my lifetime to firmly establish that SOME people couldn’t be permitted to speak freely. For the same speech, some are permitted, even encouraged, to express themselves.

Others are prosecuted, expelled, forced to attend brainwashing and thought correction sessions.

For the same speech.

FIRE needs to bump this up to the Supreme Court. Now. Before another presidential election takes place.

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