Emerson College triples down on censorship, derecognizing TPUSA chapter after publicly denouncing its ‘China Kinda Sus’ stickers 

The concluding part of a trilogy is almost always the worst just ask Star Wars, the Matrix, or Michael Corleone. Emerson College appears determined to live down to expectations as the college looks to outdo itself, punishing the campus chapter of Turning Point USA a third time for its protected speech, this time by refusing to provide the group with an advisor resulting in loss of the group s official recognition. 

The controversy arose after the group distributed stickers reading China Kinda Sus on campus stickers that the administration, after initially suspending the group, later conceded were intended to criticize China s government, not its people. Not that it would matter, as either criticism would still be protected under Emerson s firm promises to protect freedom of expression, which make no exception for speech others view as hateful. But the group s intent didn t stop the administration from jumping to publicly denounce TPUSA in September for anti-Asian bigotry and hate, nor did it stop the administration from then placing a Formal Warning on the group s record, asserting that it had to do so because of the pervasive environment of anti-Asian discrimination by other people.

It d be a real shame if all of these public condemnations had an impact on the reputation of the group, thus chilling faculty or staff from being willing to work with them, huh? 

via www.thefire.org

What a lot of codswallop. Emerson College needs to get with the program. Being in the pocket of the PRC isn’t cool anymore. Also, free speech is a thing.