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Civil Rights

Aug. 24, 2006

9th Circuit Was Wrong to Let School Censor Student's T-Shirt

By Michael Oberst It is axiomatic in a country that values and protects the right of free speech and academic freedom that the society has to be willing to put up with a certain amount of personal discomfort if speech and thoughts are in fact going to remain free.


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By Michael Oberst

     
      It is axiomatic in a country that values and protects the right of free speech and academic freedom that the society has to be willing to put up with a certain amount of personal discomfort if speech and thoughts are in fact going to remain free. There is no place where this is supposed to be more true than in the academic setting, especially among ol...

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