TRADITIONALLY COLLEGE HAVE
BEEN 
A HUB OF POLITICAL ACTIVITY 
WITH CONSCIENTIOUS STUDENTS 
SPEAKING OUT. 
AND THIS PAST YEAR WE'VE SEEN 
STUDENTS OF COLOR PROTEST 
AGAINST UNIVERSITY 
ADMINISTRATORS DEMANDING
EQUITY 
AND EQUALITY AND DURING THE 
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN WE'RE 
SEEING VOCAL STUDENTS ON
CAMPUS 
CAMPUS. 
THE QUESTION IS WHERE DO YOU 
DRAW THE LINE BETWEEN FREE 
SPEECH AND HATE SPEECH? 
. 
>> ABSOLUTELY. 
A COLLEGE CAMPUS IS THE PLACE 
FOR PEOPLE TO EXPRESS IDEOLOGY 
AND VIEWS. 
IF ANY PLACE IN OUR SOCIETY IS 
THE MARKETPLACE OF IDEAS THE 
PLACE WHERE ALL IDEAS AND
VIEWS 
SHOULD BE EXPRESSED, IT'S THE 
COLLEGE CAMPUS. 
>> IF ANYONE SHOULD KNOW ABOUT 
FREE SPEECH ON A COLLEGE
CAMPUS 
IT'S ERWIN CHEMERINSKY THE 
NOTED SCHOLAR THAT BECAME A 
HOUSEHOLD NAME DURING THE O.J. 
SIMPSON TRIAL AND CURRENTLY 
DEAN OF SCHOOL OF LAW UC 
IRVINE AND HE EXPLAINS THE 
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FREE SPEECH 
VERSUS HATE SPEECH. 
>> GOVERNMENT CANNOT PUNISH 
SPEECH OR HOLD LIABLE JUST 
BECAUSE IT'S OFFENSIVE. 
EVEN DEEPLY OFFENSIVE. 
IN GENERAL IT'S CLEAR THAT
HATE 
SPEECH IS PROTECTED. 
ON THE OTHER HAND, THERE'S 
NEVER A FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT 
TO THREATEN OTHERS AND THERE'S 
NO FIRST AMENDMENT OTHERS TO 
HARRAH OTHERS. 
SO IN GENERAL, THAT'S WHERE
THE 
LINE IS DRAWN. 
THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT
POLITICAL 
SPEECH IS PROTECTED BY THE 
GREAT CORE OF THE FIRST 
AMENDMENT. 
>> SO STUDENTS FROM THE RIGHT 
TO EXPRESS IN FAVOR OF TRUMP
OR 
CRUZ OR CLINTON OR SANDERS 
AND/OR AGAINST TRUMP, CRUZ, 
SANDERS OR CLINTON AND THERE'S 
NEVER A RIGHT TO DEFACE THE 
PROPERTY OF ANOTHER. 
>> THAT SCENE HAS PLAYED OUT 
RECENTLY AT VARIOUS COLLEGE 
CAMPUS AS CROSS THE COUNTRY. 
AND FOR EXAMPLE, UC SAN DIEGO 
AND TULANE UNIVERSITY, WHERE 
STUDENTS EXPRESS THE VIEW
TRUMP 
BUILD THAT WALL. 
OTHER STUDENTS FOUND THAT 
SENTIMENT VILE AND TRIED 
SILENCE AND ERASE THE WALL 
MESSAGE. 
AND TRUMP BUILDS THAT WALL IS
A 
POLITICAL MESSAGE THAT'S 
PROTECTED BY THE FIRST 
AMENDMENT AND EVEN IF OTHERS 
PERCEIVE IT TO BE HATEFUL. 
>> CHEMERINSKY EXPLAINS THE 
BEST RESPONSE THAT YOU DON'T 
LIKE IS MORE SPEECH. 
HISTORICALLY ACROSS COLLEGE 
CAMPUSES IN THE U.S. THAT'S 
BEEN THE CASE UNIVERSITY HAVE 
BEEN THE PLACE PROTESTS HAVE 
ACTUALLY CHANGED SOCIETY. 
THERE WERE COLLEGE STUDENTS
WHO 
LED THE SIT INS THAT PUT A
STOP 
IN THE JIM CROW LAWS THAT 
SEGREGATED THE SOUTH. 
AND IT WAS COLLEGE STUDENTS 
ACROSS THE COUNTRY WHO WERE 
ACTUALLY CREDITED IN PART WITH 
HELPING TO END THE VIETNAM WAR 
WITH THEIR CONSTANT PROTESTS
ON 
CAMPUS. 
>> FROM A COLLEGE STUDENT'S 
PERSPECTIVE HOW DO YOU 
DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN FREE 
SPEECH AND HATE SPEECH. 
>> I WOULD SAY YOU HAVE THE 
RIGHT TO TALK ABOUT ANYTHING 
YOU WANT. 
HOWEVER YOU WANT TO. 
AND BUT YOU ALSO HAVE TO KEEP 
IN MIND WE'RE ALL HUMAN BEINGS 
LIVING IN SOCIETY YOU CANNOT 
PROMOTE VIOLENCE IN A WAY AND 
HOW POLITICAL LEADERS ARE
DOING 
RIGHT NOW. 
>> IF IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE 
DEROGATORY IN ANY WAY TOWARDS 
SOMEONE OR A GROUP OF PEOPLE 
THEN IT'S HATE SPEECH. 
FREE SPEECH IS HAVING YOUR OWN 
OPINIONS AND OWN THOUGHTS OUT 
THERE WITHOUT HAVING TO NEED
TO 
SENSOR IT. 
>> DO YOU FEEL THERE'S
ANYTHING 
OFF LIMITS THAT SHOULD NOT BE 
SPOKEN ABOUT ON A COLLEGE 
CAMPUS. 
>> ON A COLLEGE CAMPUS I WOULD 
SAY ANYTHING THAT HAS TO DEAL 
WITH DISCRIMINATING OR 
SEGREGATING OTHER PEOPLE. 
>> ONE OF THE GREATEST THINGS 
ABOUT LIVING IN MERNG IS FREE 
SPEECH PRO TEKTD UNDER FIRST 
AMENDMENT. 
>> ANYTHING A STUDENT MAY SAY 
THAT YOU COULD FIND OFFENSIVE 
AND TAKE ISSUE WITH? 
>> AS MUSLIM AMERICAN IN THE 
UNITED STATES IN PARTICULAR 
ECER VINE IS OFFENDS ME WHEN 
STUDENTS THEY THINK THAT ARE 
AGAINST MY RELIGION. 
>> LET'S SAY FOR EXAMPLE SOME 
STUDENTS TAKE ISSUE WITH 
TENANTS OF ISLAM OR THERE'S 
THINGS ABOUT THE RELIGION THEY 
DON'T LIKE AND VOICE IT HERE. 
>> FOR THEM TO VOICE IN
OPINION 
OFFENSIVE THEY HAVE THE CHOICE 
WHETHER THEY CHOOSE TO AGREE
OR 
DISAGREE BUT FOR THEM TO BE 
MOCKING MY RELIGION OR MY 
PROFIT OR FOR THEM TO SAY 
SOMETHING DIRECTLY THAT MIGHT 
INCITE VIOLENCE OR ANY TYPE OF 
HATRED ACTION AGAINST A MUSLIM 
THAT IS SOMETHING
UNACCEPTABLE. 
>> WHY ARE KIDS SO ACTIVE WITH 
FREE SPEECH. 
>> THEY REACHED 18 AND FINALLY 
ON OWN AND ABLE TO EXPRESS
THEM 
THEMSELVES FOR THE FIRST TIME 
THEY WANTED TO SHARE THEIR 
OPINIONS IN A WAY THEY'VE
NEVER 
BEEN ABLE TO BEFORE. 
>> ONCE THE CENSORSHIP OF
IDEAS 
AND VIEWPOINTS NO LONGER CAN 
COLLEGE CAMPUSES CLAIM TO HAVE 
ACADEMIC FREEDOM. 
>> I'VE BEEN TO UCIRVINE AND
NO 
KID WAS EVER AT A LOSS FOR 
WORDS. 
IT WAS DIFFERENT ON THIS 
REPORT. 
SINCE I MENTIONED MY STORY WAS 
ABOUT HATE SPEECH VERSUS FREE 
SPEECH EVERYONE CONVENIENTLY 
WAS RUNNING TLIT CLASS. 
POINTING IT'S A HOT BUTTON 
ISSUE AND REALLY NO STUDENT 
WANTED TO SOUND INSENSITIVE
AND 
IN FACT, RICK, HE LIZ PEOPLE, 
IT TOOK MOST OF THE AFTERNOON 
FOR ME TO GET THOSE FOUR 
STUDENT INTERVIEWS THAT YOU
SAW 
