saveliberty Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 Michael Barone, Washington Examiner: Politics Feds crack down on campus flirting and sex jokes By: Michael Barone | Senior Political Analyst Follow Him @MichaelBarone | 06/21/11 8:05 PM Education Secretary Arne Duncan speaks about the federal "Race to the Top" school reform grant competition Tuesday at the National Press Club in Washington. (AP Photo/Drew Angerer) When I was growing up it was widely believed that colleges and universities were the part of our society with the widest scope for free expression and free speech. In the conformist America of the 1950s, the thinking ran, few people dared to say anything that went beyond a broad consensus. But on campus anyone could say anything he liked. Today we live in an America with enormous cultural variety in which very few things are considered universally verboten. But on campus it's different. There saying something considerably milder than some of the double entrendres you heard in cable news coverage of the Anthony Weiner scandal can get you into big trouble. These reflections are inspired by a seemingly innocuous 19-page letter on April 4 from the Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights to colleges and universities. The letter was given prominence by Greg Lukianoff, president of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, which has done yeoman work opposing restrictive speech codes issued by colleges and universities. Read more at the Washington Examiner: http://washingtonexaminer.com/politics/2011/06/feds-crack-down-campus-flirting-and-sex-jokes#ixzz1PzbEZ72N Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saveliberty Posted June 22, 2011 Author Share Posted June 22, 2011 at my editing. I was puzzled by the title posting "Click here to find more". Then I realized that I had copied and pasted too much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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