When the founding fathers got together and thought they would write up this thing called the Constitution, I think their original plan was to support the development of new ideas and the right for people to express these ideas in an open forum. What I don’t understand is how lately people have used the Constitution [...]
When the founding fathers got together and thought they would write up this thing called the Constitution, I think their original plan was to support the development of new ideas and the right for people to express these ideas in an open forum.
What I don’t understand is how lately people have used the Constitution as a crutch, saying that they are being censored. It’s happened quite a few times, but in this case with Michael Moore and CSUSM…I personally feel that if the university wants to ban a speaker from their campus, then they have every right to do so and are not in the wrong. Moore has every right to speak…he can stand on a soap box in the middle of the street for all I care. Saying he is being censored is a bit extreme. Perhaps to an extent he is, but the University does have the right to ban him from the campus.
I consider myself to be politically a little left, but I constantly find myself annoyed because this guy is always running his mouth. And I put up with it because he does have the right to say what he wants. But a university, even though it’s a state university, is in no way obligated to allow a partisan speaker like Moore to speak on their campus. Allowing a visitor to come and speak is a privilege that can be allowed or revoked at any time. It’s like inviting a friend over to a house…you can ask them to leave at any time. So if Michael Moore wants to talk, pull up a box and start talking, man. no one is stopping you from running your big mouth.
On another note, I have seen a few speeches. Aside from being ugly and fat (no offense intended), he is not the most eloquent of speakers. He may have extreme liberal ideas (some of which I myself don’t even agree with), but the thought of someone voluntarily going to hear him speak is funny to me. I also noticed that he will be speaking at the Del Mar fairgrounds at a cost of $10 per person (if you aren’t a CSUSM student). I guess speech isn’t that free, now is it?