Penn and Teller on the First Amendment and University Speech Codes
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Professor Mark J. Perry's Blog for Economics and Finance
Sunday, January 20, 2008
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- Name: Mark J. Perry
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Dr. Mark J. Perry is a professor of economics and finance in the School of Management at the Flint campus of the University of Michigan. Perry holds two graduate degrees in economics (M.A. and Ph.D.) from George Mason University near Washington, D.C. In addition, he holds an MBA degree in finance from the Curtis L. Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota. In addition to a faculty appointment at the University of Michigan-Flint, Perry is also a visiting scholar at The American Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C.
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2 Comments:
I think the university speech codes were intended to free students from having to deal with their fellow good Americans calling them "honey", "sweetie", "sweet cheeks", "nappy headed ho", "nigger", "spic" and etc.
What is wrong with that?
Students go to school to learn from their instructors and any diversion in the form of intimidation, fear, hate, stalking, abuse or violence is just not appropriate in that environment.
>>were intended to free students
It doesn't free anyone; it creates a penalty for speaking words that some (not all) find offensive.
You don't have the right to not be offended.
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