College campuses have been implementing speech codes which restrict “offensive” speech that they claim interferes with a learning environment. Studying a wide range of campuses, its determined that around 62% of universities implement these codes (Click Here).
With such a large number of schools enacting these speech restrictions, contraversy over the rights of the school to limit student speech has risen. Those who support the speech codes claim that it isn’t a direct limitation of free speech, as it only restricts where the speech can take place because “Free speech zones” still allow students to freely express their views (Click Here). More conservative critics claim that these codes describe the types of speech that can be limited too loosely, and that anything deemed offensive by another student can be restricted.
Do you think there should be speech codes on college campuses? If so, how would you regulate speech and what standards would it have to meet to be restricted?
