Jolie Davis, chair ofher YAF Chapter, had copies of the Constitution as well as literature at thetable informing students of Penn State\’s “speech code”policies. On the 8,500acres of Penn State, there are only 12 small spaces designated as “FreeSpeech Zones” on campus. The organization\’s table, locatedoutside of the Hetzel Union Building (HUB), had a poster that read “FreeSpeech Banned at Penn State.”
After an hour or so oftabling, the YAF table was approached by campus security personnel, who toldJolie to take the table down. Jolie pressed the official with questions, askingwhy she had to take down her table. The campus security officer replied, “Youcan\’t have a table but you can pass out flyers.” It is important to notethat the area in which Davis was tabling was a “designated free speechzone.”
Davis and otheractivists decided to film the whole encounter. Once the officialrealized he was being recorded, he said, “It\’s not going to help yourcause to put this on video.”…However, when she did, the officials hurried away.
Davis and other YAFactivists have tabled at this exact location before; the only difference thistime was now her organization was highlighting Penn State\’s ridiculous speechcode policies. Davis said, “At Penn State not all free speech is createdequal.”
FREEDOM OF SPEECH, PENN ST.-STYLE
No need to explain this one. Just read along.
As excerpted from Ashley Pratte\’s article at breitbart.com:
When is free speech not free speech? Apparently, at Penn St., it is when speech departs from the prevailing leftward orthodoxy.
I hope you are outraged by this. Because, sad to say, you should be.
But I also hope you are not shocked or surprised. Because, even sadder to say, you shouldn\’t be.
