Approximately 15 University
of Michigan students gathered
Thursday night in East Quad
Residence Hall to participate
in a roundtable bipartisan
discussion on the importance
and limitations of free speech
on college campuses.
LSA
sophomore
Carlos
Owens
facilitated
the
discussion
by
asking
participants questions relating
to free speech — from campus
to society as a whole. LSA
senior Joshua Strup, president
of
the
Michigan
Political
Union, which co-hosted the
event, said he believes public
universities should not be able
to place limits on free speech
on college campuses.
“Yes, on a private campus,
whether it be the Ivy Leagues
or religious institutions like
Notre
Dame
or
(Brigham
Young University), you can
have a code of conduct for your
students that says, ‘We are a
private institution; by coming
here, you will follow this code
of conduct to your speech,’ ”
Strup said. “Whereas at the
University, since it is a public
institution, it’s funded by, and
the constraints are placed
by Congress, throughout our
history, by all government-
funded
institutions,
the
University has no place to say
what is or not allowed, and
quite frankly, the president
needs to stay the hell out of it.”
Currently, the University
has a free speech policy
outlines
the
commitment
to protect the freedom of
expression of students and
faculty.
The
panel
featured
members
from
across
the
political
spectrum.
LSA
junior William Presley said he
believes there is no such thing
as free speech, but merely
speech
that
liberals
find
offensive.
“I take issue with the
general use of the term ‘hate
speech,’ ” said Presley. “There
is no hate speech; there are
only ideas. So there are some
ideas that are not popular,
that people don’t like, and
they can call it hate speech,
but in reality, speech is speech
and we can’t ban something
as hateful because we deem
those ideas to be unpopular.”
However,
not
everyone
agreed
with
Presley’s
definition of hate speech: LSA
junior Mateusz Borowiecki
said it perpetuates harmful
norms in society.
“We believe in certain
things here. For example,
we
believe
in
not
oppressing other groups
with harmful speech and
speech
that
reinforces
existing hierarchies,” said
Borowiecki. “So when we
say we’re offended, it’s
not saying my feelings
are hurt, it’s saying that
you’re
saying
speech
perpetuating
harmful
hierarchies in our society.”
The
group
also
discussed how President-
elect
Donald
Trump’s
election will affect free
speech and party polarity
across the country in the
upcoming years. Though
the
Michigan
Political
Union
is
a
bipartisan
group, only one student
voiced support for Trump
over the course of the
meeting. However, LSA
sophomore
Weston
Nicholson,
co-chair
of
the American Enterprise
Institute
Executive
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the recount changing the outcome
for her campaign. The recount in
Michigan was expected to cost
from $2 million to $5 million. Stein
gave less than $1 million, given the
requirement to pay $125 for each
precinct in the state. Individual
counties would have had to
provide the remaining funds to
finish the recount.
At the rally Saturday, Green
Party member Anita Bell tearfully
explained the conditions of polling
stations in Wayne County — where
she said ballot boxes were secured
by duct tape or made from trash
cans.
Bell also criticized those who
stated Detroit was expected to be
disorganized, accusing them of
discriminating against the city.
“We are not going to take that
as an excuse,” she said. “Because
some people have that racist idea
that
Blacks
are
incompetent,
corrupt or both, and so they can’t
get an election right. Hot mess.
Hot mess.”
Stein
said
other
problems
Detroit had during the election
included broken scanners and
unsecure conditions at the polls.
According to Stein, the U.S.
Civil
Agency
estimated
that
communities of color are 900
percent more likely to face election
disturbances, such as a vote being
misread or thrown away.
In Detroit, 59 percent of votes
were
considered
uncountable
in the recount due to problems
with the ballots and old voting
machines.
“We need to count every vote
and make sure every vote counts.
And that means we have to put
an end to this de facto Jim Crow
election system,” Stein said.
Stein said she thought Clinton
should have filed for a recount,
acknowledging there was little
chance Michigan would have
turned out as a Green Party state.
However, Trump only beat Clinton
by a 10,704 votes in the state, so
Clinton filing for a recount could
have made a more significant
difference.
Stein also criticized the two-
party presidential debates and said
there was not much talk of policy
and little variety for people to
choose from.
In
response
to
Michigan’s
choice to end the recount, Stein
said she hopes to continue working
with Michiganders and the Green
Party for more secure voting
procedures.
In particular, she said she hopes
to fight a recent bill passed in
the Michigan House that would
institute more extensive voter
identification laws. According to
the Detroit Free Press, a majority of
Michigan Republicans supported
the bill, arguing it would create
more security and less fraud, while
Democrats opposed the bill and
said it discriminated against many
in Detroit and Wayne County who
vote without photo ID.
Pontiac resident Linda Hasson,
holding a “Jim Crow is Alive in
Michigan” sign, said she was
concerned
about
the
“gang
mentality” in Michigan. She said
many officials and residents in
Michigan tend to fight for their
own interests and not for the
support of the state.
“I don’t have the money to hire
an attorney for millions of dollars,”
she said. “All I have is my vote.”
Green Party member Lou Novak
said the local fight was over after
the shutdown of the recount and
he is now hoping to focus his work
on Wisconsin and Pennsylvania.
The future in Michigan, he said,
is more uncertain, but he hopes to
continue to secure voter safety in
the state.
“We are trying to see (that the
stricter voter ID law) isn’t passed
by our governor, which will be
a rather difficult fight given our
political climate,” he said. “But
also making sure other legislation
are represented and addressing
the issues that were raised during
this recount.”
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