Ohio State has adopted a speech code that bars students in the dormitory from joking about "differences related to race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender, ability, socioeconomic background, etc.”
According to FIRE, which awards it the "speech code of the month" designation, this is the first "do not joke" university speech code.
"Threatening" to inflict "emotional harm" — whatever that means — is also prohibited.
Do the administrators who come up with these even know about the First Amendment?
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