In majority of college campuses today free speech is not only encouraged but also emphasized to be one of the most important rights a civilian could have, but is it abused or simply just taken out of context? Free speech is one of the most common rights used all over campuses throughout the nation. We often see protestors against animal cruelty and more recently against the results to the 2016 election, as well as organizations trying to raise awareness for certain causes such as global warming. In most cases free speech is meant for individuals who want their voice to be heard by society but is unfortunately dominated by the ideals of how voicing their opinions should be “appropriately” done by how the majority of society sees fit.
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The reason behind the hidden expectation for the protestors to be coddled is because they are the students of the campus, better known as the consumers. Students are the ones who pay to keep the campus running and demanded to be heard. In David Ochoa’s article “Having the Wrong Opinion” in the University Times he explains that students took advantage of their right to being coddled since they are the ones who President Covino had to satisfy, since they in a way they are ones who provided this school with its reputation and income. This article conclusively goes back to the question if students are treated too tenderly? Are students too entitled in college? He amplifies his argument by providing a student’s personal experience during the protest, the student stated that she felt threatened by her fellow colligates because she actually supported Shapiro’s views, she also explained how the protestors had no respect for the speakers nor the attendees opposing …show more content…
In Nathan Heller’s article “ The Big Uneasy” in The New Yorker, he talks about his own experience when he visited the campus of Oberlin College where he interviewed students who felt oppressed because of their minority race and wanted to have their complaints be prioritized as much as the complaints of the superior race. The minority students made a clear point that they felt as though the minority was not an equal part of the school in which referred to be ran by “white supremacy, capitalism, ableism, and a cissexist heteropatriarchy” (par 12.) The minority students actually wrote the administration a letter on how they felt oppressed and tried to make them understand the disadvantages of being apart of the people of color as well as how this feeling sequentially affects their education. The students at Oberlin did an impeccable job of voicing their opinion in a professional manner, which ultimately makes their point valid because it didn’t come from a screaming voice-it came from educated
The reason behind the hidden expectation for the protestors to be coddled is because they are the students of the campus, better known as the consumers. Students are the ones who pay to keep the campus running and demanded to be heard. In David Ochoa’s article “Having the Wrong Opinion” in the University Times he explains that students took advantage of their right to being coddled since they are the ones who President Covino had to satisfy, since they in a way they are ones who provided this school with its reputation and income. This article conclusively goes back to the question if students are treated too tenderly? Are students too entitled in college? He amplifies his argument by providing a student’s personal experience during the protest, the student stated that she felt threatened by her fellow colligates because she actually supported Shapiro’s views, she also explained how the protestors had no respect for the speakers nor the attendees opposing …show more content…
In Nathan Heller’s article “ The Big Uneasy” in The New Yorker, he talks about his own experience when he visited the campus of Oberlin College where he interviewed students who felt oppressed because of their minority race and wanted to have their complaints be prioritized as much as the complaints of the superior race. The minority students made a clear point that they felt as though the minority was not an equal part of the school in which referred to be ran by “white supremacy, capitalism, ableism, and a cissexist heteropatriarchy” (par 12.) The minority students actually wrote the administration a letter on how they felt oppressed and tried to make them understand the disadvantages of being apart of the people of color as well as how this feeling sequentially affects their education. The students at Oberlin did an impeccable job of voicing their opinion in a professional manner, which ultimately makes their point valid because it didn’t come from a screaming voice-it came from educated