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CitizenZero

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11. A University Is Not A Private Home

Mon Apr 29, 2024, 10:32 PM

Apr 29

A University is a quasi public or semi public community, not a private home. The distinction is important. The students are a part of that University community. They are admitted, pay tuition, and have certain rights and privileges as part of that University community. They have a certain amount of rights to protest or express themselves on that campus. These are rights to free speech and rights to assembly that people in private homes do not have. So comparing Columbia University to your private home is not equivalent. They are not the same. Universities have elaborated policies regarding free speech. Private homes have no such community and no such policies.

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First Amendment Rights And Protests [View all] CitizenZero Apr 27 OP

It doesn't extend to private institutions. RandySF Apr 27 #1

Maybe So CitizenZero Apr 27 #2

It isn't a 1st Amendment situation though TexasDem69 Apr 27 #5

Cops CitizenZero Apr 29 #9

Not even remotely correct TexasDem69 Apr 29 #10

A University Is Not A Private Home CitizenZero Apr 29 #11

I come from an earlier protest generation. wnylib Apr 27 #6

Students camping: LeftInTX Apr 28 #7

They have the same right to protest at Columbia and other private institutions Zeitghost Apr 28 #8

Think right to protest should be protected whenever possible, even when we don't like cause. Silent Type Apr 27 #3

The right to protest is not unlimited. Jedi Guy Apr 27 #4