Freedom of speech at Texas Christian U ... gone?

Posted by johnpe1 9 years, 8 months ago to Culture
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What Do You Think Of This??? -- j
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  • Posted by $ allosaur 9 years, 8 months ago
    Check out the University of New Hampshire Bias Free Dictionary.
    I learned about it yesterday by watching Fox News.
    I was thinking of submitting a post about it in the Gulch; but as I was looking it up just now today, I spotted links stating that the university has removed the dictionary.
    The university's president claims he did not know about the dictionary this week and is embarrassed by it.
    I chose a link that revealed some of what was in the dictionary--

    http://townhall.com/columnists/jackke...
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  • Posted by $ blarman 9 years, 8 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Completely agree. Freedom of speech is only limited if one is acting as an agent, and then the only recourse the owner has is to terminate the relationship with that person. One can not contract away one's rights.
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  • Posted by 9 years, 8 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Mike, I contend that our natural freedom of speech is something
    which a private institution should respect, unless the speaker
    is acting as an agent of that institution. . Yes, he spoke offensively.
    but was it the college's business? . if a student is an agent, yes. -- j
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  • Posted by $ MikeMarotta 9 years, 8 months ago
    TCU is a private institution. As when visiting any business or home, you adhere to the conduct expected by your host.

    Moreover, his comments, if accurately reported, are indeed offensive. It also displayed a lack of awareness. "These hoodrat criminals in Baltimore need to be shipped off and exiled to the sahara desert,” he wrote. “Maybe then they’ll realize how much we provide for them (welfare, college tuition, Obama phone’s, medicare, etc.”

    Subsidized cellphones, like stipend for the old landline, are part of the basic welfare (aid to families with dependent children) on the grounds that it is necessary to find work and hold a job. A telephone is a lifeline to emergency services, as well. In a nation with more phones than people, it is small cost -- and again goes back to the Reagan administration. (Snopes here: http://www.snopes.com/politics/taxes/...

    Medicare has nothing to do with welfare. It is an entitled insurance policy, the premiums for which were deducted from wages, like Social Security. You do not need to be a "hoodrat" to enjoy the benefits. Ayn Rand did.

    Slightly more white people are on welfare than other ethnic groups. For a breakdown of the statistics, see here: http://www.utexas.edu/depts/ic2/et/le...

    Harry Vincent committed several lapses of judgment. He is not a martyr for freedom of speech.
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  • Posted by freedomforall 9 years, 8 months ago
    Harry now knows he doesn't belong at TCU.
    If there is a free market in education, including some institutions that understand freedom of speech, then Harry should be able to take his business elsewhere. If there are not enough students at TCU to care about freedom of speech, then perhaps a lot of students should be taking their business elsewhere.
    If I was a university president or dean elsewhere, I would contact Harry and invite him to join a campus that values free speech.
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