Sign our petition to allow all intramural sports team names at the University of Calgary.
A post secondary environment is one that is supposed to foster creativity, and freedom of expression. From a topic of classroom debate, to intramural sport teams it is imparative that all things academic remain free on campus.
There absolutely is a right to be offended, especial in civil discourse. But there is also a right to offend. That is how we learn, and that is how we tolerate each other. We are constantly personally offended by many things on campus, We have seen sexism, misogyny and explictly racist things espoused on campus. Do we disagree with their content? Absolutely. Do we work towards suppressing their right to express their views? Absolutely not.
The University of Calgary has barred all team names that ONE student deemed "offensive". We do not support this decision and we are doing everything possible to reverse this ruling.
Show your support against speech censorship on campus!
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Signing just because i believe its stupid for someone to bother attempting to change something like this.
Where is the petition? Please give some details other than a blanket statement. All team Names? Sounds like a receipt for team names like "The five hockey playing guys who fuck each other " team.
This is seriously stupid all team names should be allowed.
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This is so ridiculous.
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Sign our petition to allow all intramural sports team names at the University of Calgary.
A post secondary environment is one that is supposed to foster creativity, and freedom of expression. From a topic of classroom debate, to intramural sport teams it is imparative that all things academic remain free on campus.
There absolutely is a right to be offended, especial in civil discourse. But there is also a right to offend. That is how we learn, and that is how we tolerate each other. We are constantly personally offended by many things on campus, We have seen sexism, misogyny and explictly racist things espoused on campus. Do we disagree with their content? Absolutely. Do we work towards suppressing their right to express their views? Absolutely not.
The University of Calgary has barred all team names that ONE student deemed "offensive". We do not support this decision and we are doing everything possible to reverse this ruling.
Show your support against speech censorship on campus!
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let people name their teams whatever they want. its just intramurals not professional hockey. getting sick of the constant PC policing on campus.
Signing just because i believe its stupid for someone to bother attempting to change something like this.
Where is the petition? Please give some details other than a blanket statement. All team Names? Sounds like a receipt for team names like "The five hockey playing guys who fuck each other " team.
This is seriously stupid all team names should be allowed.
freedom of speech
This is so ridiculous.
Freedom
Social Justice : "Your rights end where my feelings begin."
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let people name their teams whatever they want. its just intramurals not professional hockey. getting sick of the constant PC policing on campus.