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Speak No Evil - The Triumph of Hate Speech Regulation (Hardcover)
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Speak No Evil - The Triumph of Hate Speech Regulation (Hardcover)
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Opponents of speech codes often argue that liberal academics use
the codes to advance an agenda of political correctness. But Jon B.
Gould's provocative book, based on an enormous amount of empirical
evidence, reveals that the real reasons for their growth are to be
found in the pragmatic, almost utilitarian, considerations of
college administrators. Instituting hate speech policy, he shows,
was often a symbolic response taken by university leaders to
reassure campus constituencies of their commitment against
intolerance. In an academic version of "keeping up with the
Joneses," some schools created hate speech codes to remain within
what they saw as the mainstream of higher education. Only a
relatively small number of colleges crafted codes out of deep
commitment to their merits.
Although college speech codes have been overturned by the courts,
"Speak No Evil "argues that their rise has still had a profound
influence on curtailing speech in other institutions such as the
media and has also shaped mass opinion and common understandings of
constitutional norms. Ultimately, Gould contends, this kind of
informal law can have just as much power as the Constitution.
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