In a bit of First Amendment irony, the Free Expression Tunnel at North Carolina State University was censored by students after “offensive images and slurs” were painted on its walls.
According to the college’s paper the Technician, a group of students blocked entrance to the tunnel overnight while they used black paint to cover up “sexually explicit picture of black man labeled as President Obama with racial slurs spray-painted on his face.” The News & Observer also reports that college’s chancellor issued a statement saying the message contained “racially charged obscenities and derogatory comments directed to the GLBT community.”
The protesters repainted their own message of “tolerance” incuding the word “diversity” twice and postulates, “Freedom of Speech…at what cost?”
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