Reinstate Free Speech at the University of Edinburgh

Absolutely supported. If one of the best of our universities lacks the the confidence to allow debate, then we're in trouble. Serious trouble.

"Safe space" censorship is also an issue for marginalised students because EUSA promotes a deeply unhealthy cult-like consensus toward politics via its student "liberation" groups; that includes bans on any students who express dissent, allowing totalitarian NUS policy to progress through EUSA council, unchallenged. EUSA needs to figure out how to become more accountable to its 30,000 students instead of letting the NUS dictate that students should be banned from expressing ourselves and our views, like this. "Safe space" no platforming must be abolished absolutely.

Let's progress, not regress.

I really think it's vital that Uni's are spaces of intellectual expression and freedom of thought. This is a slippery slope.

I disagree, and so you should be allowed too

EUSA are fascist scum.

as a woman and as a transwoman I feel there are more important things to be offended by than crossdressing anyone who is that offended by something so trivial needs to get a life Also who exactly is being protected by this rule and from what

The right to not be offended by anything, ever, is not a universal human right. However, freedom of expression, thought and speech ARE.

Edinburgh was the home of the Enlightenment. Many did not agree with them then, but they were free to discuss such a variety of topics without censorship.

Freedom of expression above all should be defended in seats of learning!

Should we ban jokes as well?

As a trans woman, I find it completely bizarre to attempt to ban guys dragging up at events. Please realise that rules such as this just make you look officious.

I studied at EDI Uni in early 1990's. censorship was apparent even then: no Daily or Sunday Telegraph in EUML Stop the censorship. Allow free speech and access in EUML & EUSA to all UK newspapers. No "safe spaces", open debate anywhere. Fancy dress is fun, stop censoring it. What next? Only real trans can dress as opposite gender?

In the 1980s the EUSA had more than it's fair share of narrow minded inadequates and things seem to have got a lot worse since then. Good luck!

This is just getting silly, this finding offence in everything has to end.

Eff the student union reps. All o them.

The clowns of PC need putting in their prams.

EUSA needs to learn that that there is no such thing as a right not to be offended and that the only society worth living in is one in which even your deepest feelings can be trodden upon. Only that way can there be a free marketplace of ideas where good ideas can beat bad ideas. As a fresher I am alarmed that EUSA, which is supposed to represent me and to defend free speech, is now among the worst suppressors of it, creating policy after policy an ever more toxic atmosphere for it.

this petition is kinda a sausage fest

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