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Tag Archives: hate speech
Universities struggle to respond to student outrage
Last week, two public universities struggled with how to respond to student outrage. Eleven students were arrested at the University of California at Irvine for disrupting the speech of Israeli ambassador Michael Oren. Meanwhile, the University of Oregon has been … Continue reading
Posted in Beena Ahmad: Author
Tagged hate speech, Pacifica Forum, student protest, UC Irive, University of Oregon
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Consequences of the Google China conflict: Hillary Clinton for an open Internet
In an impassioned speech at the Newseum in Washington on January 21, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton attacked countries who limit the free circulation of peaceful dissent and religious ideas on the Internet and those who use the Internet for … Continue reading
Posted in Svetlana Mintcheva: Author
Tagged google, hate speech, hillary clinton, internet, internet censorship
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Tasers and Hate Speech Codes; Silencing is Not Speech
It started with an invitation and ended with pepper spray and Tasers. This past April, the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill chapter of Youth for Western Civilization, a student group dedicated to the survival of Western civilization, invited former Colorado … Continue reading
College ACB succeeds JuicyCampus, AKA the rose phenomenon
“That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet” — William Shakespeare The day JuicyCampus shuttered, the website (juicycampus.com) began redirecting to College ACB (Anonymous Confession Board). With the same promise of anonymity, College ACB … Continue reading
Posted in Sarah Falcon: Author
Tagged college acb, free expression, hate speech, juicy campus, juicycampus, peter frank
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EU Presidency “Entropa” Controversy or the Art of Offense
An art installation, sponsored by the new Czeck EU Presidency, and displayed in the European Council building in Brussels has become a litmus test for EU sensitivities. The conceptual artist David Černý was commisssioned to invite 27 artists from EU member … Continue reading
Posted in Svetlana Mintcheva: Author
Tagged art censorship, free expression, hate speech, political satire
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NC State Update
An incident at North Carolina State University in early November involving hateful words directed at President-elect Obama has sparked debate on campus about the extent to which Hate Speech is Free Speech. The debate has apparently spread to the UNC … Continue reading
Hate Speech is Free Speech
And yet not without consequences. After the November 4th election of Barack Obama, 4 North Carolina State students hit the “Free Expression Tunnel” to spray paint messages that have now sparked a fierce debate on campus about how to respond … Continue reading
Posted in Brian Pickett: Author
Tagged 1st Amendment, Free Expression Tunnel, hate speech, NC State, Obama
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The Bumper Sticker Wars
Walla Walla, WA. A high school student is suspended for a bumper sticker on her car. Its contents: “I fucked your boyfriend” Camp Lejeune, NC. Civilian employee and Marine Corps veteran, Jesse Nieto, is ordered to remove stickers from his … Continue reading
Posted in Brian Pickett: Author
Tagged bumper sticker, Camp Lejeune, hate speech, Marine Corps, Walla Walla
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Racism, Obama and free expression
The victory of Barack Obama in the 2008 presidential election has shown us signs of improving race relations in this country. Sadly this isn’t the case some areas of the south where the election of the United States first black … Continue reading
Tagged 1st Amendment, ALCU, free speech, hate speech, NCAC, Obama
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