Gonzaga Revokes "Hate Speech" Punishment

[KingRat]

http://www.thefire.org/pr.php?doc=gonzaga_11-25-03.html
Gonzaga University has reaffirmed the value of freedom of speech after unfairly disciplining a student group for posting fliers with allegedly "discriminatory" language. In response to a letter from the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), President Robert J. Spitzer agreed to rescind punishment of the Gonzaga College Republicans. The group had been disciplined after it posted fliers containing the word "hates" as part of the title of an upcoming speaker's book: Why the Left Hates America.

[WildCat]

Unbelievable that it got that far. This was obviously an effort to censor a viewpoint that certain people in power disagreed with, all in the name of a "hate speech" ban.

[Tony]

Infringements on fundamental freedoms are the ultimate result of PCism.

[American]

How do you escape the sun's pull? Fly towards it (close as possible, but not into it). Lesson: the worse the censorship, the bigger the backlash.

[TillEulenspiegel]

Jeeze man..................where's lenny bruce when ya need him?