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I think you folks are forgetting that I have a constitutional right NOT to hear the phrase if I choose. The news can't broadcast the phrase without altering it somehow to comply with the law.
Decency laws are constitutional, but just barely.
I agree that I'm disappointed that the school didn't stand behind the editor, but I also wonder if they get any editorial approval to start with. Somehow I doubt it. That makes the school's stance less problematic for me since they're treating it more like a stand-alone business.
This isn't about individual rights. This isn't even really about the First Amendment since no one's been arrested or fined. You don't have the right to say whatever you want whenever you want, even here. That's right, the First Amendment doesn't apply to TFP. And you know what, you're all damn glad that your perceived "rights" are "trampled". If they weren't this board would have spam everywhere.
Out in the real world, you can't start screaming "fuck" in a church or shopping mall. If you do, the owners of the property have every right to curtail your little free speech experiment and kick you to the curb. And you could get arrested and convicted of disturbing the peace in some locales.
That said, the editor printed what he wanted to print. He's been neither arrested nor fined. Everything else is a business transaction. Where's the issue?
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