Trump signs executive order on free speech on college campuses

[A Former Republican]

95. Now that we are talking we can reach understanding

"Remember that we are talking about the Trump administration's definition of "freedom" which now encompasses the religious right's "freedom" to discriminate against those they don't approve of." What is Trump's definition of Freedom that you are talking about?

Freedom of speech does not include the right to deny anything to anybody. "The condition of being "free" doesn't include the "freedom" to harass or threaten others out of a public education, which includes public universities, and "looking the other way" while that happens is unacceptable, and in violation of Title VI, which has been federal law for schools since 1964." Calling someone a name means nothing. Threatening physical harm to someone is a threat, not speech. As my mother used to tell me when I was a small boy and somebody called me a name. Sticks and stones can break my bones, but words will never hurt me.

Give me a break, harassment is only harassment if a person chooses to think it is. Friends call friends names all the time. Be like a duck and water, let a nasty name roll off your back; if there is no reaction the harassment will stop.