The new federal speech code

While you’re being careful to vote the approved way, and whether and how you support Israel and what you say out loud about President Choom, if you happen to be a college student, the Department of “Justice” has a further warning just for you:

“The new mandate was revealed in a letter from the DOJ and DOE to the University of Montana that states ‘sexual harassment should be more broadly defined as ‘any unwelcome conduct of a sexual nature,’ including  ‘verbal conduct.’ [Even sex jokes that might be overheard, got it?]

“The new rules apply to all colleges and universities receiving any sort of federal money, including Pell grants, federally backed student loans, and more. The letter contends the conduct in question need not be offensive to an ‘objectively reasonable person of the same gender in the same situation.’ That means that there is effectively no check on what might count as harassment.”

This goes against your First Amendment rights, you say? Good luck. The feds are a power unto themselves. I wouldn’t try to push your view too far unless you want the IRS to audit you. Or your parents.

0 responses to “The new federal speech code

  1. You have to agree that sending IRS after people who talk too much is an elegant way to circumvent all kinds of amendments. Creative, too.

  2. Dick Stanley's avatar Dick Stanley

    Easy for you to say, so many thousands of miles away.