Freedom Of Speech

Free speech is one of the defining rights that Americans hold dear. However in recent times, many use this freedom abusively to trick, deceive, belittle, and infringe on others’ free speech. The actions that UTM take against this professor and the fact that the professor writing incited more paranoia is, quite frankly, a complete and utter mess. These courses of action by both the “prosecutors” and the “defendant” infringe on both freedom of speech and the students of UT Martin’s peace of mind. This does present a significant question that has been pressed through and through this year. What truly are the limits on free speech and should they even have limits?
One argument presents that Dr. Bradshaw indirectly threatened the lives and peace of mind of his Students. How? From the fact that a professor has a large influence on the perspectives of their students and by presenting his class with such a explicit scene could have very well encouraged one of the students to perform this very act. Whether this could definitely be the case is, of course, still debating in other various forms of media such as video games and movies. However, the possibility is still there and if a similar act of

The fact the UT Martin was fully ready to press charges on Dr. Bradshaw before examining his freedoms as an American citizen is quite sickening to say the absolute least. If organizations operate under American law then they should be subject to American law and its citizens’ rights. Safe Spaces, for example, are a recent phenomenon occurring in much of the academic community due to the complaints of overly sensitive students and are an infringement on the first amendment on the Bill of Rights. If UT Martin is perfectly fine with censoring the writings of their staff and students then Safe Spaces are most likely not far behind in what’s happening