I thought we were done with this crap. But now, much like their international overlords, some Campus-based believers have gotten together to call for the legal suppression of speech they find offensive.

Way to go, guys. Aside from not knowing the difference between libel and slander, you’ve managed to co-opt the very same rhetoric that the PC Crusaders have been using for years. Congratulations, you’ve now removed any illusions anyone might have had that there’s a discernable difference between the threats to liberty presented by the left and right. The relative merits of the incidental fee as a whole (I’m against it) are a different concern, but so long as it exists it cannot be legally, or morally, distributed based on the viewpoint of those in receivership. This is especially true for groups that are 1) publications and 2) have been receiving funding for years.

Either shut up and go home with your grievance filing and your amazingly silly quotations:

“I don’t think free speech should be suppressed, but that doesn’t mean what people say will be right, or inoffensive, or that they shouldn’t be ostracized for it,” Ivezic said.

Or start publishing your own Pro-Jesus rag. You’ve got, what, 96 signatories on your petition? Imagine the sort of student publication you could put out with that many staffers. Hell, the OC has had less than 20 committed members of staff for as long as I can remember (so like, since 2000) and it seems to muddle through just fine. Get over yourselves, get over your indignation, and use your outrage to put more speech out there rather than demand that a publication be shut down because your oh-so-delicate sensibilities were offended.

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