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National Coalition Calls for Campus Censorship of "Offensive" Speech (washingtonpost.com)
schwit1 writes with this opinion piece from Eugene Volokh, who teaches free speech law at UCLA School of Law, about the push to ban "offensive" speech and censor websites on campus. He writes: "A large coalition of advocacy groups has asked the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights to pressure colleges to (1) punish students for their speech and (2) block student access to certain Web sites — especially sites such as Yik Yak, which allow students to anonymously post their views..... Yet another example of today's Anti-Free Speech Movement for American universities — unfortunately, one that fits well into the Education Department's attitudes. Fortunately, courts have firmly rejected these kinds of calls to restrict college student speech, though the OCR and the college administrations it pressures can get away with a lot of restrictions until the lawsuits are actually brought."
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/09/the-coddling-of-the-american-mind/399356/
goes into more details...
This is the worst possible thing to do, not just for the basic liberties. The Atlantic published an article explaining why.
We can't cocoon people and then let them out into the world. This is elementary-school treatment at a University Level.
Since you're an AC and not likely to be noticed, here's a list of some of the orgs. I don't recognize any that could be considered anything but liberal: Feminist Majority Foundation, Advocates for Youth, American Association of University Women, Association of Reproductive Health Professionals, Black Women’s Blueprint, Black Women’s Health Imperative, Center for Partnership Studies, Center for Women Policy Studies, Champion Women, Clearinghouse on Women’s Issues, Digital Sisters/Sistas, End Rape on Campus, GLSEN, Hollaback!, Human Rights Campaign, Institute for Science and Human Values, Jewish Women International, Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, Legal Momentum, Media Equity Collaborative, Muslim Advocates, National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity, National Black Justice Coalition, National Center for Lesbian Rights, National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, National Council of Jewish Women, National Council of Women’s Organizations, National Disability Rights Network, National Domestic Violence Hotline, National LGBTQ Taskforce, National Organization for Women, National Women’s Law Center, SPARK Movement, SurvJustice, The Andrew Goodman Foundation, Turning Anger into Change, UltraViolet, WMC Speech Project, Women’s Media Center, YWCA USA