[Hodar]

This is a misleading article. The object that was removed was the word "F*CK". When you use profanity to express an idea - you are not conveying an idea, but are creating at atmosphere of obscentity. A professor protested to the "F..k Obama" note someone wrote; and removed the offending topic. This being a college wall, full of the maturity and social conduct typical for many college-age kids - this word was used repeatedly. As this is a misdemor, each incidence of this word had to be removed - and rather than remove every incident; the students removed the "Free Speech" wall.

To call this a case where you cannot insult the President, is a lie. You cannot publically display profanity.

[US Navy Vet]

SWIVE YOU, Hodar!

[dfwgator]

A professor protested to the "F..k Obama" note someone wrote; and removed the offending topic.

I'd be willing to bet that very same professor would have wrote "F--k Bush".

[bfree]

You obviously didn’t read the article. Not misleading at all. The ONLY F word this liberal POS professor objected to was the F obama. You are dead wrong about what can be posted.

FUBO

[diogenes ghost]

"To call this a case where you cannot insult the President, is a lie. You cannot publically (sic) display profanity.

According to the legal precedents cited in the article, you are precisely.....wrong.

[nickcarraway]

I’m not sure what you say is accurate. Did you read the second paragraph. They seem to be okay with using that same verb with regards to, “Nazi punks.” So if the word you are talking about is allowed elsewhere, you can hardly contend that’s the reason it’s being removed.

[allmendream]

I appreciate you bringing a bit of sanity to the overwrought histeria.

A relevant quote....

“Take away the power to say “F*CK!”, and you take away the power to say “F*CK THE GOVERNMENT!””. Lenny Bruce

[nickcarraway]

Taken directly from the article:

Prof. Kirk does not appear to have been offended by the F-word itself, however — only at its use in an insult against the president. That’s the only one he cut out, after all.

[Mad Dawgg]

"This is a misleading article. The object that was removed was the word "F*CK".

FAIL...

From the article:

"But just hours in, the free speech wall was vandalized by a professor — yes, a professor! — who was offended that someone had written “F**K OBAMA” on the free speech wall. Students being students, the “F-word” was written on the wall many times about many different topics, but apparently the only expletive that offended this professor enough to take action was the one referring to President Obama.

The police stated that since the professor was offended the students were breaking the law. The professor was only offended by the statement about the President as is indicated by his action of cutting out the word in the statement about the President ONLY!

[hinckley buzzard]

Tell it to the Berkeley Free Speech Movement circa 1964. The freedom to spout obscenities is how this whole fiasco of exhibitionistic "free speech" began, predating pernicious political subversiveness. I think they have a memorial in honor of the F-word at Sproul Plaza.

[liberalh8ter]

According to the article, the word F¥£k was written on the board for other subjects however, it was only when it was used in conjunction with Obama that the professor had a problem with it.

[Berlin_Freeper]

The article is not misleading. The focus of the article is the fact that the Professor only went after the F word directed at Obama.

If you want to create your own news item and ignore certain facts while putting the emphasis of what happened about something else, then you are free to do so.

[thecodont]

I live in an area (deep blue) where “F*ck Bush” is literally graven into the city sidewalk, and has not been removed.

[101voodoo]

Cannot display profanity?

Obviously you are wrong according to the article which cites several court cases upholding the right to do exactly that.