Posted on 01/05/2020 8:57:31 AM PST by Kaslin
“ The suit cites several examples of the school’s bias, such as a policy prohibiting students from “broadcasting email from a university account to solicit support for a candidate or ballot measure.”
The key words there are “a university account”. I have no problem with that if it also includes faculty and staff. Using university services to fund-raise for or support particular candidates should be blocked.
The other stuff about bias committees is typical snowflake BS and should be suppressed.
That good old “Freedom of Speech” thingy popping up again. Damn!
Ignore the rule. It’s unconstitutional.
[[Zero “say”, idiot.]]
That’s ODay, don’t worry about it
Other than uneven enforcement, I can’t see any problem with this as long as it is restricted to university email accounts. It is just like a company telling their employees not to use company email for political purposes. If they try to reach beyond that, then it is clearly wrong. But how they could enforce that, I don’t know. I cannot imagine anyone not having private email, and no one should surf without a VPN.
Clear violation of the first amendment.
I assume this is public university, so the policy is unconstitutional as it violates the first amendment.
This is how liberals have positioned themselves to continue communicating even if “political” speech is banned. By redefining liberal to equal kind, smart, educated, rational, they aren’t “spreading liberal political views”, they are “educating the public about minority issues” or literally sharing prejudiced, politicized social studies that say conservatives are stupid/crazy so all good people are liberal.
Understood about the university email account, but this is a nasty slippery slope.
Example: Can you send an email about the Ukraine? It could be:
—A scholarly discussion about the country
—A discussion about impeachment and the president
—A discussion about the Biden crime “family”
To know you would have to open the email, read it, and then make a judgment.
Now multiply this by a million—good luck to them!
Some student or group of students should own this university for violating their First Amendment rights.
This will be interesting.
Staff are free to talk about politics.
Some staff are also students....
This will be interesting.
Staff are free to talk about politics.
Some staff are also students....
Want a side bet on that?
‘Iowa State University is stifling students’ First Amendment rights’
what ISU should be preventing is any discussion of that horrendous bowl performance against Notre Dame...
Hindering free speech is no new phenomena on college campuses, even at state universities that are technically bound to honor students’ free speech rights because such universities are extensions of government. In fact, Speech First has filed similar lawsuits all across the country, including against the University of Texas, University of Illinois, and University of Michigan. This case is particularly concerning because it is stifling speech among a voting bloc in a key swing state.
In two separate Emerson polls, data indicates the plurality of Iowan voters consider themselves moderate, particularly, a plurality of young people aged 18-29 identify as moderate. In the first Emerson poll, 30.4 percent of Iowans considered themselves “moderate,” with the next closest group identifying themselves as “somewhat conservative” at 24.2 percent. In the second Emerson poll, the plurality of Iowans aged 18-29, 49.6 percent, identified as “Independent.” Based on this data, it’s fair to presume young Iowans are open to a broad array of information to determine how they will vote in the upcoming election.
The pathetic, leftist administrators of colleges and universities everywhere should be fired. These fascist losers also should be tarred and feathered as they are run out of town. Haven’t they heard of freedom of speech? What taxpayer-money-supported nitwits. They should be forced to pay back all their salary.
Government schools are evil.
Is this just on the college .edu mail system, or is it on GMail and other personal accounts too?
If it’s a total ban, someone could “turn you in” because they looked over on your correspondence with a family member, a friend, or even posted on Free Republic.
If its just on the University system, it’s bad enough, but not absolutely r’n ridiculously awful.
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