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An editorial in the Wellesley College student newspaper that called for "shutting down" some forms of hateful rhetoric became the latest flashpoint in a contentious national debate over free speech and its limits on college campuses.
The editorial, published Wednesday in the Wellesley News, argues that the campus community will "not stand for hate speech, and will call it out when possible."
"Shutting down rhetoric that undermines the existence and rights of others is not a violation of free speech; it is hate speech," the editorial states. "The spirit of free speech is to protect the suppressed, not to protect a free-for-all where anything is acceptable, no matter how hateful and damaging."
The editorial was widely criticized on social media as antithetical to the free exchange of ideas that is critical in a democracy and in liberal arts education. It comes as colleges across the country are wrestling with how to protect free speech in an era of trigger warnings, safe spaces, and even assaults on incendiary speakers invited to campuses.
Free speech for all. Unless they disagree with us on something...
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 17 2017, @03:06PM (2 children)
Banning of intolerant speech is itself intolerant, so ban the ban, and therefore ... you know how co-routines can call each other infinitely and blowing up the stack? It's like that.
So blow the stack. That's the ticket.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Monday April 17 2017, @04:59PM
UPDATE users SET nickname = "The Stack" WHERE uid = 18;
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Monday April 17 2017, @05:30PM
We could also be intolerant of those intolerant of intolerant speech. And ban the banning of banned speech.
Then we could . . . oh, nevermind. It's intolerance and banning all the way down.
The lower I set my standards the more accomplishments I have.