- “(…)Tolerance for politically unpopular views is not always evident on campuses, any more than it is in the world at large, but the university bears a special responsibility to protect freedom of thought and expression. The right to speak, write and think independently is at the core of higher education. It is up to members of the academy to convey this critical message not only to their students but to a larger community. This goal can be advanced if, in the future, similar controversies are addressed in a more deliberative fashion, with regard for all the interests and values at stake(…)” (J. Bertin – NCAC)

I’m an intern at NCAC (National Coalition Against Censorship) at the moment.
We also wrote about this case regarding the connection to the First Amendment Rights. If you’re interested in that citation above just visit our homepage (www.ncac.org) or join our blog (ncacblog.wordpress.com).

We’re glad about a lot comments as well as a lively discussion!

Greetings Jana

i tried to post this there but failed:

Mondoweiss
Iraq war comes home, war of ideas

don’t believe he mentions WC much but his awareness of occupationalism, a step up and aggravation of tired old controversy-overwrought nationalism speaks of an awareness that echos the same ‘pet pieve’, namely, that just bycause your immediate ancestors suffered untold hardships to bring a salvation of mechanized monocultures that looks more and more clearly like, in fact IS insolvency should make one wonder if all of the americas do not qualify as occupied territories … much like that baton of war preps n threats perping shitty little kike cuntry izznotreal

thanks to my mongrel blood i smell disassimisamelame disease from a thousand years squared away.

diffusion towards the turtle islands happened all along way way before christ (mostly via north africa sea farers and olmecs became negroid via deeper african sailings – see cyclone covey) but nowadays there aint no fractality graduality coherence or cascadement in race class and gender strong enough to prevent disasters it seems – this ruling is a telltale writing on the wallstreet ruled mainstreets were we may now experience how little we have in common and clash with security forces … forces worth their salt would be applied to increase wealth as soilhealth (mountain top on the way to ocean floor as a great american put it) though. America has abused a store of hi-grade resources and allowed itself to be hi-jacked by not stone powder but state power mongering splintergroups desertifyers extraordinaire (better than others for sure .. but at what? At what cost?)

I was pleasantly taken aback about how strongly the entry was against Judge Nave’s ruling.

What is right is right, and Judge Nave is very wrong on this.