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In reply to the discussion: The Limits of Free Speech [View all]cheapdate
(3,811 posts)Is it because they were a bunch of well-heeled white kids. Is that why you're certain that they weren't expressing any serious intent? All of them? Was there one or more in the bunch with especially intense hostility toward "niggers"? How many acts of racial violence have been committed nationwide by students like these fraternity boys? Do you know? I don't have the exact answer, but I can say with confidence that it ain't zero.
What about the university president? Do you suggest he or she should just check with you whenever they need to gauge the seriousness of a threat of racial violence?
The court, if it comes to that, will consider the obligation of a university president, specifically, to address student behavior that expresses generalized hostility and threats of violence.