Do you think there is a line to be drawn with free speech?
Samuel Smith, sophomore, international studies
“That’s challenging. I would be very cautious to pose a limit on free speech because I think it’s very challenging to draw that line. In general, once you start drawing those lines, I think what is forgotten in that is ‘this line applies to everyone,’ and once you start limiting freedom of expression, it’s hard to take that back.”
Sumanth Reddy, graduate student, mechanical engineering
“Free speech is what makes this country special, a lot of other countries don’t allow free speech. This is what makes it unique, free speech. I support free speech, in that sense, but there are going to be some extenuating circumstances. There should be a line sometimes, but I am not qualified to say where that line should be drawn.”
Catherine Rivera, junior, philosophy
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“I think there should be a line. You can’t yell ‘fire’ in a movie theater and things like that. But people should be able to express their political beliefs, as long as they’re not directly threatening other people.”
Brittany Trejo, senior, civil engineering
“I think there should be free speech, in general, because we’re actually really lucky to live in a country where we can just say what we want. Should there be a line? I think we’re all grown ups and we should know where to censor ourselves but I would say, on college campuses there should be a little bit stricter of a line.”
-Compiled by Matthew Reisen
