Civility policy is threat to free speech

Letter to the Editor

The Cheney School District is proposing to adopt a Policy named “Civility” in its next meeting on March 24. To read it you will need to ask them for a copy of New Policy 2195.

This policy is a threat to free speech and liberty even though it says it isn’t. Proponents of these kind of policies and laws always claim it is not a threat. It is full of undefined, procedures and rules on what is “uncivil conduct.”

I have two examples of what has happened with these kind of policies:

1. As a Veteran of the Viet Nam war, I worked with soldiers of the Republic of Viet Nam. When the communists took over...

 
 

Reader Comments(1)

wagebhardt writes:

This seems like an unnecessary piece of bureaucracy to me. As stated there have been no instances to date that require such a guideline. Who, and whose values, are going to determine what is allowable? In my opinion this will do nothing but stifle people in expressing themselves while giving bureaucrats a to tool to silence questioning.

 
 
 
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