Comments on: Professor Sues Students Who Called Him Racist http://studentactivism.net/2008/05/06/professor-sues-students-who-called-him-racist/ Thu, 17 May 2012 05:08:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Prof Drops Suit Against Students Who Called Him Racist « studentactivism.net http://studentactivism.net/2008/05/06/professor-sues-students-who-called-him-racist/#comment-647 Sat, 13 Dec 2008 15:35:20 +0000 http://studentactivism.wordpress.com/?p=65#comment-647 [...] Events, Faculty, Litigation, Race Back in the spring, Arkansas law professor Richard Peltz brought a defamation lawsuit against two law students who had circulated a letter accusing him of racism in the classroom. At [...]

]]> By: Angus Johnston http://studentactivism.net/2008/05/06/professor-sues-students-who-called-him-racist/#comment-38 Tue, 06 May 2008 16:29:38 +0000 http://studentactivism.wordpress.com/?p=65#comment-38 Charlie: Most insults aren’t libel. If you say that someone has used “hateful and inciting speech,” or even racist speech, that’s a matter of opinion, and opinions for the most part can’t be proven or disproven.

Ervin: Too many lawyers at a law school? Hard to imagine.

]]> By: Ervin Sholpnick http://studentactivism.net/2008/05/06/professor-sues-students-who-called-him-racist/#comment-37 Tue, 06 May 2008 16:22:48 +0000 http://studentactivism.wordpress.com/?p=65#comment-37 Too many lawyers.

]]> By: charlietekopp http://studentactivism.net/2008/05/06/professor-sues-students-who-called-him-racist/#comment-36 Tue, 06 May 2008 14:08:04 +0000 http://studentactivism.wordpress.com/?p=65#comment-36 I believe that it’s quite an insult to call someone a racist. If one does, he should be prepared to proof it. If he cannot the victim should have the possibility to sue him.
If you regard it simply as a part of normal public discourse it will soon not be an insult anymore. Theres maybe a risk that being a racist will be totally normal and nothing to be ashamed of if the term is used to easy.
i believe its important that you do not accuse innocent people and if you do it might result in that no one will care being called a racist.

]]> By: Angus Johnston http://studentactivism.net/2008/05/06/professor-sues-students-who-called-him-racist/#comment-35 Tue, 06 May 2008 13:59:23 +0000 http://studentactivism.wordpress.com/?p=65#comment-35 What do you say to the attorney’s suggestion that a charge of racism is simply a part of normal “public discourse”?

]]> By: charlietekopp http://studentactivism.net/2008/05/06/professor-sues-students-who-called-him-racist/#comment-34 Tue, 06 May 2008 13:25:15 +0000 http://studentactivism.wordpress.com/?p=65#comment-34 I believe the word racist shouldn’t be used as easy as it sometimes is. Maybe this is right because theres simply no other way of regulating it?

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