Quote:This movement towards being so PC is getting out of hand, especially on college campuses.  How it relates to politics is the attempt to shut down freedom of speech or freedom of expression.

 

Take for example how university leaders are "outraged" by some signs that some frat guys hung from their house recently.

 

Then take a look at why so many comedians refuse to do shows on college campuses.

 

The problem goes deeper when we look at how colleges have come up with "free speech zones".

 

Thoughts?

The signs are pretty messed up.

 

Ok, very messed up.

 

My thoughts on the comedians: if you find them distasteful or know that they have a history of bringing issues you're not comfortable with into their act, why are you buying a ticket? The best stand-up comics use their humor to make observations about society, and to point out what's right and (more often) wrong with it. I did more thinking after an hour spent in a theater with Lewis Black than I did in a few college courses. If someone really can't handle having sensitive issues and sore spots impersonally poked and prodded by a guy on stage 50 feet away, what are they going to do when those same topics come up over Thanksgiving dinner, where laughing at them is almost always not an option?

 

The entire United States is a free speech zone, imo.

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