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HOSTILITY may be warranted in face of HATE SPEECH (Wellesley Newspaper)

Many members of our community, including students, alumnae a...
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Lol is the writer of this piece even literate? "Shuttin...
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reading this i was like "a black woman wrote this"
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Date: April 17th, 2017 12:12 PM
Author: Irate garnet market weed whacker

Many members of our community, including students, alumnae and faculty, have criticized the Wellesley community for becoming an environment where free speech is not allowed or is a violated right. Many outside sources have painted us as a bunch of hot house flowers who cannot exist in the real world. However, we fundamentally disagree with that characterization, and we disagree with the idea that free speech is infringed upon at Wellesley. Rather, our Wellesley community will not stand for hate speech, and will call it out when possible.

Wellesley students are generally correct in their attempts to differentiate what is viable discourse from what is just hate speech. Wellesley is certainly not a place for racism, sexism, homophobia, Islamophobia, transphobia or any other type of discriminatory speech. Shutting down rhetoric that undermines the existence and rights of others is not a violation of free speech; it is hate speech. The founding fathers put free speech in the Constitution as a way to protect the disenfranchised and to protect individual citizens from the power of the government. The spirit of free speech is to protect the suppressed, not to protect a free-for-all where anything is acceptable, no matter how hateful and damaging.

This being said, the tone surrounding the current discourse is becoming increasingly hostile. Wellesley College is an institution whose aim is to educate. Students who come to Wellesley hail from a variety of diverse backgrounds. With this diversity comes previously-held biases that are in part the products of home environments. Wellesley forces us to both recognize and grow from these beliefs, as is the mark of a good college education. However, as students, it is important to recognize that this process does not occur without bumps along the way. It is inevitable that there will be moments in this growth process where mistakes will happen and controversial statements will be said. However, we argue that these questionable claims should be mitigated by education as opposed to personal attacks.

We have all said problematic claims, the origins of which were ingrained in us by our discriminatory and biased society. Luckily, most of us have been taught by our peers and mentors at Wellesley in a productive way. It is vital that we encourage people to correct and learn from their mistakes rather than berate them for a lack of education they could not control. While it is expected that these lessons will be difficult and often personal, holding difficult conversations for the sake of educating is very different from shaming on the basis of ignorance.

This being said, if people are given the resources to learn and either continue to speak hate speech or refuse to adapt their beliefs, then hostility may be warranted. If people continue to support racist politicians or pay for speakers that prop up speech that will lead to the harm of others, then it is critical to take the appropriate measures to hold them accountable for their actions. It is important to note that our preference for education over beration regards students who may have not been given the chance to learn. Rather, we are not referring to those who have already had the incentive to learn and should have taken the opportunities to do so. Paid professional lecturers and politicians are among those who should know better.

We at The Wellesley News, are not interested in any type of tone policing. The emotional labor required to educate people is immense and is additional weight that is put on those who are already forced to defend their human rights. There is no denying that problematic opinions need to be addressed in order to stop Wellesley from becoming a place where hate speech and casual discrimination is okay. However, as a community we need to make an effort to have this dialogue in a constructive and educational way in order to build our community up. Talk-back, protest videos and personal correspondences are also ways to have a constructive dialogue. Let us first bridge the gap between students in our community before we resort to personal attacks. Our student body is not only smart, it is also kind. Let us demonstrate that through productive dialogue

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3586919&forum_id=2#33093557)



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Date: April 17th, 2017 12:13 PM
Author: Contagious trust fund

Mark, Mark, Mark!

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Date: April 17th, 2017 12:51 PM
Author: Vibrant keepsake machete



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Date: April 17th, 2017 12:15 PM
Author: motley flatulent athletic conference organic girlfriend

The emotional labor required to educate people is immense

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Date: April 17th, 2017 12:33 PM
Author: Peach exhilarant location



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Date: April 17th, 2017 12:39 PM
Author: Irate garnet market weed whacker

Lol missed this one

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Date: April 17th, 2017 12:50 PM
Author: greedy electric orchestra pit idiot

akin to "such anathema"

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Date: April 17th, 2017 12:19 PM
Author: Irate garnet market weed whacker

Lol is the writer of this piece even literate? "Shutting down rhetoric that undermines the existence and rights of others is not a violation of free speech; it is hate speech." The fuck does that mean?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3586919&forum_id=2#33093593)



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Date: April 17th, 2017 12:21 PM
Author: supple fear-inspiring sneaky criminal patrolman

I have a college degree! I'm an educated professional!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3586919&forum_id=2#33093602)



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Date: April 17th, 2017 12:28 PM
Author: Racy black woman base

Ladies and gentlemen, our best and brightest!

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Date: April 17th, 2017 12:33 PM
Author: Peach exhilarant location



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Date: April 17th, 2017 12:30 PM
Author: mildly autistic dashing station

This bitch is retarded and should be gassed

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Date: April 17th, 2017 12:32 PM
Author: concupiscible genital piercing

reading this i was like "a black woman wrote this"

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Date: April 17th, 2017 12:39 PM
Author: Irate garnet market weed whacker



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Date: April 17th, 2017 9:54 PM
Author: concupiscible genital piercing



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Date: April 17th, 2017 12:19 PM
Author: greedy electric orchestra pit idiot

"Shutting down rhetoric that undermines the existence and rights of others is not a violation of free speech; it is hate speech."

So they are saying that it's hate speech to shut down hate speech? Or are they just horrible writers?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3586919&forum_id=2#33093594)



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Date: April 17th, 2017 12:20 PM
Author: Awkward provocative doctorate

the latter

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Date: April 17th, 2017 12:20 PM
Author: walnut electric furnace principal's office

It makes you wonder how prevalent this line of thought is among Libs. If it's only isolated to fringe places like WC, then there is still a chance to save the host. If it's more prevalent, then that means there is no way to reason with them as they have automatically categorized all opposing views as "raciss" which allows violence.

Cartoon world.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3586919&forum_id=2#33093598)



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Date: April 17th, 2017 12:31 PM
Author: mildly autistic dashing station

It's fucking sad how we just gave up on a formerly respectable women's college like Wellesley

Where are our conservahero dotters to go?

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Date: April 17th, 2017 12:21 PM
Author: Metal filthpig internal respiration

For a lib arts college this is just horrible writing

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3586919&forum_id=2#33093601)



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Date: April 17th, 2017 12:26 PM
Author: Irate garnet market weed whacker

Unbelievably bad

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Date: April 17th, 2017 12:32 PM
Author: Racy black woman base

It's a staff editorial. Does that mean *multiple* editors looked at it and said "yep, that looks ready to print?"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3586919&forum_id=2#33093669)



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Date: April 17th, 2017 12:43 PM
Author: Irate garnet market weed whacker

Perhaps the author is a the queer Latina transwoman of size and the white cis editors didn't want to further marginalize her by imposing grammatical standards rooted in white supremacy

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3586919&forum_id=2#33093754)



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Date: April 17th, 2017 12:44 PM
Author: Racy black woman base

plausible

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Date: April 17th, 2017 9:54 PM
Author: concupiscible genital piercing



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Date: April 17th, 2017 12:35 PM
Author: pontificating pit pocket flask

lol at emotional labor

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3586919&forum_id=2#33093693)