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Re:Harvard withdraws 10 acceptances for ‘offensive’ memes in... by Frondo on Monday June 05, 2017 @12:26PM (#14488885)
I'm not out passing any laws banning racist shit, but it sounds like you're saying I can't even get it out of my life if I want to. Again, how did we get here??
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Re:Harvard withdraws 10 acceptances for ‘offensive’ memes in... by weberc2 on Monday June 05, 2017 @12:38PM (#14488999)
Why does it sound like that to you? I'm all for freedom of association, I just don't think we should suggest that entities which don't prohibit offensive speech (E.g., the government) are necessarily supporting it.
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