Students Get to ‘Choose’ Between Very Little Free Speech and Even Less Free Speech

‘The University of Kentucky student government might be a dictatorship, but at the very least, it’s a benevolent one. Student leaders have decided to permit mere peasants to express their preference for one of two free speech policies: the restrictive one, or the very restrictive one.

Well, that’s not exactly right. There is a third choice: ‘No preference.’

The survey was approved by a faculty advisor at UK and emailed to the student body at large. It asked students to answer a set of questions; the 18th pertained to the university’s speech code. “What is your preferred University policy on free speech on campus?” it asked. Here were the possible answers:

A single designated free speech zone in a specific location on campus or Multiple designated free speech zones in various locations across campus or No preference.’

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