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Hate Speech Protected Under Free Speech?
By N.Raider - Feb 21st, 2008 at 7:03 pm EST
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Tags: asian american, colorado university, hate crimes
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This opinion piece was published in the Colorado University school paper this past Monday, just two days before the 66th anniversary of FDR's Executive Order mandating the internment of Japanese-Americans across the country.

I don't even know how to begin to discuss this.


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Yup...
By Kaasa Feb 22nd 2008 at 3:51 am EST
...that article - not funny.
  
Satire
By Annika Feb 22nd 2008 at 10:22 am EST
The piece in question is satire--not well-written satire, but it's important to note the author's intentions.

Read the Campus Press's editors note on the piece here:
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Stop the hate!
By Nancy Dziuba Feb 24th 2008 at 10:32 pm EST
It appears to me this is nothing BUT hate speech wrapped up in a pretty bow we call satyre. Cracking jokes (humor) promotes prejudice, making it all OK. It is not.
The antidote for free speech is more free speech. Perhaps the campus paper can run an article informing students on the sociological dangers of racist jokes?

I feel for you; my campus is also dealing with the free speech/hate speech thing, (see Link. College hate speech codes have been legally struck down all across our great nation leaving minorities open to verbal and emotional attack. Education codes are being examined and attemts are being made at changing them back to a more conservative mandate. I fear for the system of education in the next decade if we do not take notice, stand up and peacefully resist.
  
Wow...
By Superduperficial Feb 25th 2008 at 3:03 pm EST
...what a fucking douchebag.
  
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