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Wisconsin bill that would expel or suspend students who disrupt speakers moves forward
"Assembly Republicans moved closer to creating tougher penalties for University of Wisconsin student protesters Tuesday, advancing a bill that would suspend or expel students who disrupt speakers.
The Assembly Committee on Colleges and Universities approved the bill on an 8-6 vote. This sends the bill to the Assembly floor, which hopes to take it up in June, said Kit Beyer, a spokeswoman for Speaker Robin Vos, who is also one of the measure's co-sponsors.
All six Democrats on the committee voted against the bill, warning it would chill free speech on campus and infringe on regents' authority to govern their institutions themselves."
This bill almost demands a debate and decision on what is legally protected Free Speech in regards to interrupting speaking events, lectures, etc.
Most assuredly this bill was created in response to the disrespectful interruptions and criminal actions violent riots, destruction of property, arson, looting, and threats) perpetrated by Berkley and other students on other campuses to successfully shut down Constitutionally Protected Free Speech simply because the 'voices' they were shutting down did not agree with their views. Such behavior / acts must not be tolerated and be deemed as 'criminal'.
I have no problem with legal, non-violent, law-abiding protests being considered as 'Free speech'. The moment you break the law, however, your actions and speech are no longer entitled to be protected. The blatant disrespect and disregard for the law as well as others' right to free speech while criminally projecting their own speech / acts upon others must not be allowed.
Furthermore, I do not agree with the Democrats that demanding liberal / progressive students be tolerant, that they adhere to the LAW rather than violently rioting/burning/destroying/looting as a tool to shut down the free speech of others will 'chill free speech on campus. If anything, the only thing that will hopefully be 'chilled' is the violence, crimes, and unacceptable intolerance demonstrated by liberal student so far.
In regards to the Berkley students who took their violent anti-free speech riots off-campus to prevent a Conservative speaker from being allowed to speak, for those students who illegally engaged in violence, arson, rooting, destruction of property, etc, expulsion from school might be deemed the right course of action if this bill passes, but it should be far from the only thing these law breakers should have to worry about. They should also be prosecuted to the full extent of their laws.
Such criminal intolerants MUST learn that such illegal behavior in an attempt to silence the freedom of speech of those who hold opposing views will NOT be allowed and will come with repercussions.
College campuses are places of higher learning, an institution that prepares student to go out into the 'real world' and thrive. While allowing students to carry out criminal activity such as was seen at Berkley might be preparing students to become thugs,, looters, and criminals seen in cities like Ferguson, being allowed to illegally, violently, even disrespectfully silence freedom of speech is NOT preparing them to be successful, upstanding, legal / Constitution-obeying/protecting citizens in the real world.
"Assembly Republicans moved closer to creating tougher penalties for University of Wisconsin student protesters Tuesday, advancing a bill that would suspend or expel students who disrupt speakers.
The Assembly Committee on Colleges and Universities approved the bill on an 8-6 vote. This sends the bill to the Assembly floor, which hopes to take it up in June, said Kit Beyer, a spokeswoman for Speaker Robin Vos, who is also one of the measure's co-sponsors.
All six Democrats on the committee voted against the bill, warning it would chill free speech on campus and infringe on regents' authority to govern their institutions themselves."
This bill almost demands a debate and decision on what is legally protected Free Speech in regards to interrupting speaking events, lectures, etc.
Most assuredly this bill was created in response to the disrespectful interruptions and criminal actions violent riots, destruction of property, arson, looting, and threats) perpetrated by Berkley and other students on other campuses to successfully shut down Constitutionally Protected Free Speech simply because the 'voices' they were shutting down did not agree with their views. Such behavior / acts must not be tolerated and be deemed as 'criminal'.
I have no problem with legal, non-violent, law-abiding protests being considered as 'Free speech'. The moment you break the law, however, your actions and speech are no longer entitled to be protected. The blatant disrespect and disregard for the law as well as others' right to free speech while criminally projecting their own speech / acts upon others must not be allowed.
Furthermore, I do not agree with the Democrats that demanding liberal / progressive students be tolerant, that they adhere to the LAW rather than violently rioting/burning/destroying/looting as a tool to shut down the free speech of others will 'chill free speech on campus. If anything, the only thing that will hopefully be 'chilled' is the violence, crimes, and unacceptable intolerance demonstrated by liberal student so far.
In regards to the Berkley students who took their violent anti-free speech riots off-campus to prevent a Conservative speaker from being allowed to speak, for those students who illegally engaged in violence, arson, rooting, destruction of property, etc, expulsion from school might be deemed the right course of action if this bill passes, but it should be far from the only thing these law breakers should have to worry about. They should also be prosecuted to the full extent of their laws.
Such criminal intolerants MUST learn that such illegal behavior in an attempt to silence the freedom of speech of those who hold opposing views will NOT be allowed and will come with repercussions.
College campuses are places of higher learning, an institution that prepares student to go out into the 'real world' and thrive. While allowing students to carry out criminal activity such as was seen at Berkley might be preparing students to become thugs,, looters, and criminals seen in cities like Ferguson, being allowed to illegally, violently, even disrespectfully silence freedom of speech is NOT preparing them to be successful, upstanding, legal / Constitution-obeying/protecting citizens in the real world.
