For heaven's sake, Stop the Free Speech!
Yesterday:
Yesterday hundreds if not thousands of news papers all over the world was edited to take out certain political messages. Yesterday political oponents of the current government in Zimbabwe was tortured. Yesterday anti China protesters was threatened with violence in Nepal. Yesterday Eynulla Fətullayev spent his day (like he will spend today and tomorrow and the day after and so on) in jail on political charges.
Yesterday we proved that freedom of speech does not exist on Smith campus.
Today:
Today I am ashamed. Today I am not a Smithie. I do not want to be associated with this group of brilliant young women who can't act like normal humans do. Today I do not wear my college's name with pride. I wear it in shame. I thought this was a place of free speech, of love and compassion and open discussion. How could I be so wrong? Today I see that this is just like those countries we condem for their crushing of free speech.
Yesterday I had hope for this world, hope that we, here at Smith, could make a change. That we could show the world that there are safe zones, places you will be accepted no matter what.
Today I have no hope. You, those of you who acted like idiots last night, have taken away my will to fight for our rights. Why should I bother fighting one regime only to have it replaced by one equally bad. Today I mourn what was killed last night.
Yesterday hundreds if not thousands of news papers all over the world was edited to take out certain political messages. Yesterday political oponents of the current government in Zimbabwe was tortured. Yesterday anti China protesters was threatened with violence in Nepal. Yesterday Eynulla Fətullayev spent his day (like he will spend today and tomorrow and the day after and so on) in jail on political charges.
Yesterday we proved that freedom of speech does not exist on Smith campus.
Today:
Today I am ashamed. Today I am not a Smithie. I do not want to be associated with this group of brilliant young women who can't act like normal humans do. Today I do not wear my college's name with pride. I wear it in shame. I thought this was a place of free speech, of love and compassion and open discussion. How could I be so wrong? Today I see that this is just like those countries we condem for their crushing of free speech.
Yesterday I had hope for this world, hope that we, here at Smith, could make a change. That we could show the world that there are safe zones, places you will be accepted no matter what.
Today I have no hope. You, those of you who acted like idiots last night, have taken away my will to fight for our rights. Why should I bother fighting one regime only to have it replaced by one equally bad. Today I mourn what was killed last night.