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I still don't buy into the the COVID-19 crisis and am tired of people cancelling stuff. So with that, I hope the SEC will decide to play. However, it seems like once someone makes a decision, everyone else follows suit. That way they aren't the only ones standing there is something goes wrong. My prediction is that after the election in November life will return to normal. Minus the businesses that fell victim to this whole craze.

Wow! Again, this was originally a simple question.

Again, the "hall monitors of free speech" on RP are not interested in the votes of others regarding this issue. Can the people speak freely or is censorship happening on RP to the extent that RP is violating the 1st Amendment and becoming the arbitrators of what speech is free and what speech is not.

As Biden would say - "Come on - man!" Let the people communicate. The question being asked, by any stretch of imagination is not even close to "hate speech" as defined by legal president. Here is the American Library Association's (http://www.ala.org/advocacy/intfreedom/hate#) commentary:

"There is no legal definition of "hate speech" under U.S. law, just as there is no legal definition for evil ideas, rudeness, unpatriotic speech, or any other kind of speech that people might condemn. Generally, however, hate speech is any form of expression through which speakers intend to vilify, humiliate, or incite hatred against a group or a class of persons on the basis of race, religion, skin color sexual identity, gender identity, ethnicity, disability, or national origin. 1

In the United States, hate speech is protected by the First Amendment. Courts extend this protection on the grounds that the First Amendment requires the government to strictly protect robust debate on matters of public concern even when such debate devolves into distasteful, offensive, or hateful speech that causes others to feel grief, anger, or fear. (The Supreme Court's decision in Snyder v. Phelps provides an example of this legal reasoning.) Under current First Amendment jurisprudence, hate speech can only be criminalized when it directly incites imminent criminal activity or consists of specific threats of violence targeted against a person or group."

Question - Is any level of "inciting imminent criminal activity" being propagated here by asking a simple poll question?

Even https://definitions.uslegal.com/h/hate-speech/ has this understanding:

"Hate Speech Law and Legal Definition - Hate speech is a communication that carries no meaning other than the expression of hatred for some group, especially in circumstances in which the communication is likely to provoke violence. It is an incitement to hatred primarily against a group of persons defined in terms of race, ethnicity, national origin, gender, religion, sexual orientation, and the like. Hate speech can be any form of expression regarded as offensive to racial, ethnic and religious groups and other discrete minorities or to women."

Question - Is any group being targeted in asking the question that is again presented below?

All I asked was a simple question: As a college football fan did people Agree or Disagree with the decision by the Big Ten?

Possible Answers were:

- Yes, I am a college football fan and agreed with the decision
- Yes, I am a college football fan but disagreed with the decision
- No, I am NOT a college football fan and agreed with the decision
- No, I am NOT a college football fan but disagreed with the decision

Do people not have the right to ask a reasonable question and seek a reasonable answer? Plus, seek commentary, so long as that commentary is level headed and respectful?

So, what is the hidden agenda in not allowing the question to be asked? If asking the question makes people uncomfortable, why is that an issue? I am trying to understand, given some to the other questions and responses I have read by others, whose hate and venom, are rampant! Is this America? Is this responsible free speech?

Hec, even the "remade" title to the post is not in my usual style. At least, if you are going to play "hall monitor" take the time to word titles as I would. Sad, sad, sad!!!

COL Mikel J. Burroughs; SFC James J Palmer IV (JP4); SSG Carlos Madden; Lt Col Charlie Brown; LTC Stephen C.; Maj Robert Carson

I haven't watched any games since Colin took a knee during the National Anthem.