EXERCISING YOUR 1ST AMENDMENT

[Duchess]

Well that's not exactly the policy as I understand it.

The disciplinary actions will be taken against students who disrupt or attempt to stop on campus speeches or presentations. It still allows for protest and assembly as I read the story - it just means you can't protest and assemble to shut down an event or prevent a speaker from talking. Want to protest in the quad and have your viewpoint heard? No problem and you won't be expelled. Want to protest in front of or in the lecture hall so people can't enter or hear they speaker? You're expelled. Seems simple enough and reasonable to me.

Basically, they're trying to prevent the stupid shit that has been happening at college campuses across the country and allow for the free exchange of ideas. What a novel concept!

Isn't protest in itself a disruption? This shit isn't just happening on college campuses, entire states are working diligently to make sure that protesting will soon be against the law. Red states of course. States want to be able to arrest you if you dare protest. That's incredible to me. It boggles my mind in the same way gerrymandering does.

Are you aware that this policy at the college came about because of complaints from conservatives who say right leaning speakers aren't afforded the same level of respect as Liberal speakers? The story usually ends there because rarely does anyone want to delve into why that is.