FIRE Defends Free Speech Rights Of UConn Students Criminally Charged With 'Ridicule' For Using 'N-Word'Chris MenahanInformationLiberation Oct. 29, 2019 |
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The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) has stepped up to defend the free speech rights of two University of Connecticut students who were arrested and charged with "ridicule" last week for using the "N-word." From Campus Reform: A student free speech legal advocacy organization has come to the support of two University of Connecticut students who were arrested Monday for using a racial slur.The students were allegedly playing the game where you and a friend (or a group of friends) one by one shout the same offensive word in a public setting at increasingly louder decibels and the last person willing to shout the offensive word wins. At my school, kids would shout "penis" but I guess these days that wouldn't even raise an eyebrow. Regardless, this is a cut and dry free speech case but seeing as how the majority of Americans in the New America™ reportedly oppose free speech the school and state chose to aggressively go after them for speech crimes. There was a serious question as to whether or not any of the myriad of Conservative, Inc. groups which rake in millions in cash from conservative donors would step up to the plate to defend them but fortunately FIRE delivered.
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