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“Among people who have learned something
Facebook Fan Finds Online
I was kinda dissapointed to see that there
Reslife Takes Cue from Orwell,
from the 18th century (say, Voltaire) it is a truism,
were only like thirty people in the group.
hardly deserving discussion, that the defense of
Faction Insufficient
What’s the deal with that, you know?
Reader Reports
the right of free expression is not restricted to ideas
I just think that more people
one approves of, and that it is precisely in the case
Hey people, I was on Facebook
should join that group because it’s pretty
I was extremely disapointed to have
of ideas found most offensive that this right must
the other day (as I so often am, right?)
cool. I mean I haven’t submitted anything
been forcibly ejected from Missouri Hall the first
be vigorously defended. Advocacy of the right to and I stumbled across the Monitor group.
yet, but I’m working on this Harry Pot-
night of Truman Week. Reslife has degenerated
express ideas that are generally approved of is, There’s nothing I love more than joining
ter fan fiction, an alternate ending to the
into a totaliterian nanny-state in which new stu-
quite obviously, a matter of no significance.”
groups for things I love, like after I saw
-- Noam Chomsky
Deathly Hallows where the Sorting Hat
dents are “sheltered” from the very people they
“Superbad” I was like, man, I gotta go find
marries Dumbledore.
will be forced to interact with over the next year.
a Facebook group to join so that people
The point is, let’s all join the
I do not know if this particular second floor south
know that I love that movie, you know? I
group so we can talk more online. And
side SA was just racist or if the campus issued an
am McLovin!
anyone who wants can totally friend me!
order to keep minorities out of the building dur-
Anyways, when I found the
ing Truman Week. I would hope to expect more
Monitor’s facebook group--I think it’s
Chris Burns from a “liberal” arts university.
just called “The Monitor” or something,
Sophomore -Anonymous
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