'Safe spaces' on college campuses run at odds with First Amendment, say law experts

[WestVirginiaRebel]

Fox News:

So-called "safe spaces" -- where students can shield themselves from uncomfortable or dissenting viewpoints -- might be all the rage on college campuses, but they would not have been too popular with the founding fathers, say Constitutional law experts.

 

"I think the problem is they're trying to use this word 'safe' – which conveys the image of a violent attack – and turning it into safe from ideas and statements we find offensive," said UCLA law professor Eugene Volokh. "There is no right to be safe from that."

 

"That is directly contrary to what universities are all about," Volokh told FoxNews.com Friday.

 

The controversy over such zones comes after a string of recent, racially-charged incidents at universities nationwide that -- while different -- share a common denominator: the promotion of a "PC culture" where real or perceived threatening thoughts or ideas should not be tolerated.

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Free speech? They don't want no stinkin' free speech...

[Valin]

Not To Mention Really Stupid!