The article title “Bullying Free Speech (Forbes Magazine),” by Harvey Silverglate and Will Creeley argues how human tragedies should not be used as an assault on liberty. The effect to upturn anti-bullying on college campus may have a serious consequence on campus free speech. Rutger University freshman Tyler Clementi commited suicide after discovering his sexual private life was exposed by two student who secrectly recorded the incident and published the video online. Sen. Frank Lautenberg and Rep. Rush Holt authored a bill called “The Tyler Clementi Higher Education Anti-Harassment Act” that would prevent future college bullying by expanding on the anti-harassment regulations. Silverglade and Creeley argues that even if well-intented the legislation is flawed. If the law did pass it would erode students free speech rights in college. Also, one of the two student who caused the Tyler to take his life is found …show more content…
The authors goes on to say that most student would not risk their career or their freedom, on the alter of free expression. Therefore, they would avoid hot button and taboo subjects that would effect them. The Davis v. Monroe County Board of Education, Supreme Court, has distingish a balance between unpleasant speech and truly harassing verbal bahavior. The Davis v. Monroe County Board of Education, Supreme Court, defines harassment as so severe, pervasive, and objectively offensive that it can damage or take away educational opportunities. Silverglate and Creeley argues that the proposed legislation definition of harassment is flawed because it does not enforce “objectively offensive” which determines what speech qualifies as harassment or any mention of “hostile or abusive eduacational environment” leaving the administrators to judge whwther the speech is hostile or