Friday, March 22, 2019

Executive Order for Free Speech on College campuses

             Today the President signed an Executive Order to ensure students Freedom of Speech is further protected besides the already being guaranteed by United States Constitution. The language of the order will have the Colleges and Universities to self regulate while implementing the Presidential Order. There has been several incidents on campuses where conservative voices have received what is said to be a " clamp down " on conservative speech.
             Other language in the order states that non-compliance would result in loss of federal funding. Critics of the Executive Order say that the results of non-compliance is not possible. That the federal funding is already guaranteed.
              The catalyst that has seemed to out shine others was a incident that occurred at the University of California , Berkley , when a conservative student was punched in the face for speaking conservative views. As many may know University of California , Berkley has always been a hotbed of political strife.
               This was also ordered to combat many colleges or universities Civility Policies , which more so an attempt to silence those who disagree with liberal agendas. For example at San Francisco State University students were punished for stomping on Hamas and Hezbollah during a anti- terrorism rally. After a long drawn out battle the university rescinded disciplinary actions against the students.
                Many students who speak out with conservative views are immediately labelled as being " racist " and using " hate speech " , and then penalized via the Civility Policies of the college or university. Several on campus newspapers also receive strict criticism from administrators for some articles printed. If a article does not speak highly of the institution or in line with the institutions agenda , the students responsible are normally bullied to change the article printed or even as drastic by removing those students in charge of the newspaper.
               This is likely not going to be the only attempt to saving our Constitutional Liberties on college and university's campuses. A true example of the onslaught on our way of life was orchestrated by Washington State during a student led play " Unlearning Liberty ".

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