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US High School Student Loses Scholarship Over Social Media Twerking Video (www.ndtv.com)

submitted 1 year ago by TheOneWithTheHair@lemmy.world to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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[–] bear@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why not? Public institutions are supposed to serve the public's interests.

[–] cricket97@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Because I don't want to give some unelected bureaucrats the ability to discommunicate someone because they said something stupid. Public goods are meant to serve the public, even if they have bad opinions.

[–] bear@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think the limit should be pretty high, but I'm fine with, as an example, people who spread abject hatred being rejected by most parts of society. I think not spreading hatred against your fellows is an integral part of the social contract.

[–] cricket97@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What about someone who doesn't think that transgender women are women? Should they be rejected by society for holding that view?

[–] bear@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 year ago

Yep.