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I               hate               to               sound               like               the               old               man               on               Saturday               Night               Live               as               played               by               Dana               Carvey               who               used               to               exclaim               "that's               the               way               it               was               and               we               liked               it!"               However,               I               can               remember               when               college               campuses               led               the               way               when               it               came               to               free               speech               and               First               Amendment               issues.

Now,               just               as               I               suspected,               the               opposite               is               true.

According               to               the               nonprofit               Foundation               for               Individual               Rights               in               Education,               based               in               Philadelphia,               suppression               of               First               Amendment               rights               at               our               countries'               colleges               and               universities               is               a               "national               scandal."               229               schools               were               given               a               "red               light"               ranking,               the               lowest               possible               mark,               in               a               report               "Spotlight               on               Speech               Codes               2006:               The               State               of               Free               Speech               on               Our               Nation's               Campuses."               Red               light               institutions               have               at               least               one               policy               that               "clearly               and               substantially               restricts               freedom               of               speech"               according               to               the               report.
               The               group               analyzed               policies               at               334               schools               in               2005               and               2006               and               concluded               that               "an               overwhelming               majority               prohibit               speech               that               outside               the               campus               is               protected               by               the               First               Amendment."               Speech               code               policies               governing               expression               were               first               enacted               in               the               1980's.

However,               the               U.S.

Supreme               Court               makes               few               exceptions               to               the               First               Amendment               such               as               what               the               report               calls               "speech               that               incites               reasonable               people               to               violence,               libel               and               actual               harassment."               The               Court               has               defined               harassment               as               "so               severe,               pervasive               and               objecttively               offensive               that               it               effectively               bars               the               victim's               access               to               an               educational               opportunity               or               benefit."
               My               home               state               school,               the               University               of               Arkansas,               has               long               been               considered               a               bastion               of               "political               correctness."               Indeed               the               U               of               A               is               on               the               list.

The               powers               that               be               at               the               University               quickly               defended               their               policies,               along               with               the               President               of               the               Associated               Student               Governent,               issuing               a               blurb               about               how               the               University               is               committed               to               freedom               of               speech.

Hogwash!

They               aren't               and               haven't               been               for               years.

In               all               my               travels,               I               have               yet               to               see               a               school               in               lockstep               with               the               PC               crowd               as               much               as               the               U               of               A.
               "I               believe               students               should               have               complete               access               to               their               rights               but               they               should               also               be               responsible               in               utilizing               them               in               an               effective               way"               said               the               Student               Government               President.

Since               when               is               that               in               the               constitution?

Since               when               do               Universities               have               the               right               to               bypass               the               constitution?

They               don't.

There               is               nothing               in               the               First               Amendment               about               exercising               those               rights               in               a               responsible               way.

The               Supreme               Court               has               ruled               that               freedom               of               speech               does               not               give               one               the               right               to               yell               "fire"               in               a               crowded               theatre,               but               it               says               nothing               of               "utilizing               words               in               an               effective               way"               or               other               such               tripe.
               Of               course               there               are               things               that               shouldn't               be               said               in               public.

Of               course               Michael               Richards               had               no               business               saying               the               things               he               said.

Of               course               people               shouldn't               use               hate               speech               or               racial               epithets,               but               restricting               speech               to               what               is               popular               is               not               what               the               First               Amendment               is               all               about.

The               First               Amendment               was               written               to               protect               unpopular               or               controversial               speech               because               that               is               what               is               most               likely               to               be               restricted.
               I               find               it               deplorable               that               229               of               334               schools               got               the               lowest               ranking,               the               "red               light".

92               got               a               "yellow               light",               meaning               they               have               policies               that               restrict               only               narrow               categories               of               speech.

6               schools               were               not               rated.

You               do               the               math.

That               means               out               of               334               schools,               only               8,               or               about               2.4%               have               no               policies               that               seriously               restrict               speech,               according               to               this               report.
               Samantha               Harris,               the               Foundation's               director               of               legal               and               public               advocacy               says               "there               is               this               attitude               on               a               lot               of               campuses               that               people               have               the               right               not               to               be               offended.

They               ban               free               speech               in               the               process.

You               don't               have               the               right               not               to               be               offended               or               annoyed."               That's               the               rub.We               have               become               a               nation               of               victims,               hypersensitive               to               any               slight,               real               or               imagined.

The               Foundation               believes               EEOC               standards               meant               for               the               workplace               are               unsuitable               for               university               environments,               which               should               encourage               free               speech               and               tolerate               more               expression               than               an               office.
               More               alarming               was               that               private               schools               fared               better               than               public               schools,               which               are               required               by               law               to               protect               constitutional               rights.

58%               of               privates               received               a               red               light,               compared               to               73%               of               public               institutions.
               I               never               thought               protecting               free               speech               would               be               considered               "old               fashioned."               To               too               many               people               free               speech               only               applies               to               those               who               are               like               them               or               agree               with               their               ideas.

I               may               disagree               with               what               you               say,               but               unless               you               libel               me               I               don't               have               the               right               to               infringe               on               your               right               to               say               it.

It               hasn't               been               that               long               since               people's               constitutional               rights               were               routinely               violated               publicly               because               they               were               the               "wrong               color".

Those               of               us               who               have               any               memory               of               those               days               should               be               outraged               that               all               the               teachings               of               Dr.

Martin               Luther               King,               his               death               and               all               the               other               suffering               in               the               struggle               for               freedom               could               turn               out               to               be               in               vain.

Many               have               fought               and               died               for               our               right               to               speak               freely.

Let's               not               let               those               who               should               be               teaching               students               to               exercise               those               freedoms               instead               take               them               away.






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