(03-05-2019 10:39 AM)solohawks Wrote:  Playing devil's advocate, isn't heckling and protesting, as long as its not disruptivie during the speech, a form of free speech?

I would think that would be disorderly conduct.

(03-05-2019 06:59 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  

(03-05-2019 10:31 AM)BadgerMJ Wrote:  

(03-05-2019 09:55 AM)bullet Wrote:  https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articl...39656.html

Obviously, if colleges don't allow free speech, they aren't eligible for federal contracts. That would solve the problem overnight.

The giant issue is how you determine what constitutes not allowing it. I don't know how you overcome that.


"President Donald Trump’s proposed executive order to protect free speech on college campuses follows a growing chorus of complaints from conservatives that the nation’s universities are attempting to silence their voices when they’re heckled, disinvited or their presence on campus is otherwise discouraged.

Critics counter that conservatives are turning the shared goal of protecting free speech into a partisan fight.


It’s unclear what Trump’s order will contain, but the administration has been laying the groundwork for it for months...."

The answer is actually pretty simple, it's a matter of whether people are going to accept the simple route.

Solution - Allow ALL speech. AOC to Ben Shapiro. Muslims to Christians. BLM to White Nationalists.

Let the people who may or may not attend decide what they wish to hear. If no one wants to hear a white nationalist, no one will show up, but the OPTION is still there.

It shouldn't be the position of a college/university to "protect" someone's "feelings". If anything, exposure to a variety of positions will either strengthen your beliefs or perhaps push you to ask questions.

Thats the way its supposed to be. You cant just protect the rights of speech you agree with. You have to protect the right of stuff you may not agree with. Thats the whole point. Universities have it wrong.....and worse yet---they should know better.

They do know better. Their mission is no longer one of educating young minds and giving them the tools they need to become critical thinkers. It's now straight up indoctrination of those kids. They want, nay NEED, kids who've been dumbed down to the point of being malleable citizens incapable of making their own informed choices and decisions.