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āThou Shalt Be Civil, Or Elseā¦.ā
Check out FIREco-founder Harvey Silverglateās over at The Free For All about our recent victory over San Francisco State Universityās speech code. Harvey concludes:
Of course, thereās nothing wrong with civility, but, like much that is virtuous, it must be the product of voluntary self-restraint, not orders barked by an intrusive (and unconstitutional) campus feel-good bureaucracy. Magistrate-Judge Brazil said he would issue a written opinion, which weāll be looking for. Meanwhile, let us each do a good deed and find someone today to whom to be voluntarily civil.
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