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Old 05-05-2012, 01:43 AM   #151
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Originally Posted by bizaro86 View Post
Maybe you could explain it to me?

In my opinion, that should be an acceptable exercise of free speech. There's an important distinction between speech that hurts someone else (yelling "Fire" in a crowded theatre is the classic example) and speech that hurts someone else's feelings.
Freedom of speech protects you from the government, not necessarily from employers or educators. It doesn't grant you protection from other consequences of your speech (suspensions, termination of employment and so on).
In public, he's protected under freedom of speech. The school isn't bound to protect that freedom.
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