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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A lot of people don’t want to take responsibility for their words. Sure, you can say them—as in the instructor won’t kick you out of the class, a gang of students won’t beat you up, the university won’t expel you. But if you say something rude, insensitive, ignorant, or deliberately provocative, the natural consequences are that other people will challenge you, they won’t want to work with you or socialize with you, and the teacher will rightly assess that you are not a productive member of the class, and that might reflect on your grade if a portion of the grade is contributions to class discussions.

So, feel free to exercise your free speech. But understand that there will be consequences. Either adjust what you say and how you interact with people, or accept the consequences. [/quote]

Why don’t you do the same. You’re making me uncomfortable: Now you just said if a professor doesn’t agree with your views, or a student complains about your views to the prof (very easy to label opposing views as insensitive and provocative afterall) they are justified in giving you a bad grade?? [/quote]

If I am making you uncomfortable, you may report my post, and as moderator, Jeff would get to decide whether to delete my post or even temporarily or permanently ban me. That would be his call as moderator and owner of this space. Just like a university would have the right to decide whether to allow you in their space, or ask you to leave, or ban you. See how that works?[/quote]

DCUM isn’t a government entity, but many colleges and universities are. And the government is not permitted to censor speech, but a private business or person isn’t held to that standard. 
Now do you see how it works? [/quote]

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