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- From: buckmr@vccnw06.its.rpi.edu (Ron Buckmire)
- Subject: Re: "Regents reject hate speech rule"
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- Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1992 22:43:53 GMT
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- kadie@cs.uiuc.edu (Carl M. Kadie) writes:
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- >According to a UPI article in clari.news.issues:
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- > "The University of Wisconsin Board of Regents rejected a controversial
- >UW hate speech rule Friday.
- > The rule banned UW students from using racial epithets because they
- >created a hostile learning environment.
- > In September, the regents suspended the rule because it was thought
- >to violate the First Amendment right of free speech. Regents voted to
- >reject the rule 9-7.[...]"
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- And is this supposed to be a good thing???
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