Express Yourself

I wasn’t going to note this, but since ol’ Erskine is yapping about it…

Bowles suggests blocking hate talk

CHAPEL HILL - UNC-system President Erskine Bowles wants a commission to determine whether every state university campus in North Carolina should establish a university code that blocks hate speech.

(I’ll save you the money, Erskine: No.)

Bowles' decision came less than a month after four N.C. State University students spray-painted political statements, which many deemed racially inflammatory and threatening, on the Free Expression Tunnel on campus.

(On which tunnel?)

Bowles met Tuesday afternoon with leaders of the state chapter of the NAACP. After the meeting, he declared the graffiti hate speech.

"I find this whole incident to be deplorable," Bowles told reporters. "It hurts, and it hurts deeply."

(Says the white guy. Fucking groveler.)

Bowles saw a photograph of one section of the graffiti for the first time Tuesday.

(How out of touch is this guy, to have only seen it now, three weeks after it went boomeranging around the web?)

The graffiti suggested shooting President-elect Barack Obama in the head. It also used a racial slur.

(SAVE US! Someone used a slur! I bet it was some shit-kicking redneck cracker.)

The Rev. William J. Barber II, president of the state NAACP chapter, said the words frightened students and should have been considered a crime. He insisted such language ought not be protected under the United States Constitution's right to free speech.

(If your students are frightened by words, perhaps they’re not ready to be living on their own. The good reverend wants the use of certain words to be labeled a crime, and I’ll bet that “shit-kicking redneck cracker” doesn’t appear on the list. Damn those meddling Founding Fathers and their pesky Constitution!)

The four NCSU students responsible for the graffiti have apologized. The student who instigated the paintings will attend diversity training and do community service. No criminal charges were brought against the unnamed students.

(Diversity training my lily-white ass. If they were serious about being inclusive, the training wouldn’t be used as punishment; they’d appreciate his differing views. Whenever the Left talks about diversity, they mean only the approved classifications they’ve recognized.)



I was curious as to what constituted “hate” speech, so I looked it up:

“Hate speech is a term for speech intended to degrade, intimidate, or incite violence or prejudicial action against a person or group of people based on their race, gender, age, ethnicity, nationality, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, language ability, ideology, social class, occupation, appearance (height, weight, hair color, etc.), mental capacity, and any other distinction that might be considered by some as a liability.” -Wikipedia

The NC State authorities admit they regularly patrol the Free Expression Tunnel to censor anything they deem to be hate speech. Obviously, given the above definition, they wouldn’t allow anything intended to degrade, intimidate, or incite violence or prejudicial action against a person or group of people based on their appearance (height, weight, hair color, etc.):





or intended to degrade, intimidate, or incite violence or prejudicial action against a person or group of people based on their gender







or intended to degrade, intimidate, or incite violence or prejudicial action against a person or group of people based on their nationality:





or intended to degrade, intimidate, or incite violence or prejudicial action against a person or group of people based on their sexual orientation:



or intended to degrade, intimidate, or incite violence or prejudicial action against a person or group of people based on their occupation:



Obviously, the graffiti against Obama was outside of the norm, which is what must have caused the uproar, because NC State would never allow anything intended to degrade, intimidate, or incite violence:



or intended to degrade, intimidate, or incite violence or prejudicial action against a person or group of people based on their race:





It has to be the office itself that is sacrosanct to the NC State thought police. It was surely their belief that the president deserves respect, and would take the same steps for any administration.





You know, whenever the Left starts preaching about diversity and tolerance, then releases their official list of what comprises those things, it always reminds me of Steve Martin explaining exactly what prizes were available in the “Guess Your Weight” booth in that one movie: Anything on this shelf…from the pencils to the ashtrays, which includes the gum, but not the clock radio.

Bunch of jerks.