Wednesday, November 25, 2015

Can Free Speech Stop Free Speech?

Students on campuses across America are taking bold steps to support the Black Lives Matters movement. Some of the rhetoric has gotten extreme, leading some to claim that it is stifling the full range of opinions regarding the racial climate on campuses and in the nation. The Los Angeles Times reports.

Questions...

•Is there ever a limit to free speech or free expression? What are some examples where absolute free speech or free expression is properly limited?

•How do you feel about "time, place and manner" restriction? (this concept will be explained)

•When does free speech become so intimidating that it shuts off other free speech?

•Should a controversial speaker expect respectful silence? Do opponents have a right to shout the speaker down?

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