Tag / Free Speech
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The Backlash To Captain Marvel’s Activism
A blockbuster is not only an escape from the scorching sun, but also allows us to escape from our lives and society as a whole. But with more and more films commenting on social issues, some are questioning whether it is their place to do so. Star Wars: The Force Awakens was lauded for its…
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The Evolution Of A Campus Conservative Revisited
I arrived at Wash U in 2015 a doe-eyed Republican, having spent my first eighteen years in perennially red South Dakota. I grew up among climate change deniers, gay marriage opposers, and gun enthusiasts. I was practically weaned on Fox News. Though I managed to emerge from this environment with some socially liberal views (primarily…
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Is There A Free Speech Crisis At Colleges?
Over the last few years, certain right-leaning public figures—including Dave Rubin, Ben Shapiro, Jordan Peterson, and Carl Benjamin—have elevated the issue of free speech on college campuses to one of their top concerns. Searching any one of the four names listed above followed by “free speech” on YouTube, one will find an incredible number of…
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Elonis v. United States: When Are Threats Free Speech?
“Fold up your [protection from abuse order] and put it in your pocket Is it thick enough to stop a bullet?” So wrote Anthony Elonis after his wife left him in 2010. Elonis took to Facebook with the pseudonym “Tone Dougie” to create rap lyrics laced with expletives in what he termed “therapeutic” writing. These…
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Free Speech in Jeopardy
BY MEGAN ZIELINSKI Do you think you’re guilty of harassment? No? ResLife may disagree. The first section of the Washington University in St. Louis Judicial Code states that “freedom of thought and expression is essential to the University’s academic mission.” It continues to state that “nothing in this Code should be construed to limit the…
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Reddit, Gawker, and the new rules of online free speech
For all of you who do not religiously follow inane online drama, the past week has been an absolute soap opera on two of the web’s most popular websites. Reddit is a tremendously popular content aggregator where users vote on what content they find most interesting. Gawker is part of a popular family of news…
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Obama (Finally) Gets it Right at the UN
After weeks of befuddled responses from the State Department and the White House to the riots across the Muslim world, President Obama and his speechwriters seem to have shed their tin ear in time for UN General Assembly. But with just over a month before the election, such a speech should be taken with a…
