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Chinese Immigrant Sues University for Sanctioning Tiananmen Post

https://freebeacon.com/campus/chinese-immigrant-sues-university-for-sanctioning-tiananmen-post/

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A Fordham University student kicked off campus for posing with his legally owned firearm filed a lawsuit on July 23 alleging the school violated its commitment to free expression.

Rising senior Austin Tong, a Chinese immigrant who posted the picture in honor of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre, filed a lawsuit against Fordham, the school's president, and the dean of students. The suit alleges the university violated its free expression covenant with students by disciplining Tong for "lawful, constitutionally protected, and non-threatening social media posts on Instagram."

"Fordham's policies and rules, as well as basic First Amendment jurisprudence, make it abundantly clear that uncomfortable or unpleasant impact on a speaker's audience is not a proper ground to restrain the speech in question," the lawsuit reads.

The suit calls on the school to annul all disciplinary sanctions, admit that Tong's social media posts are a permitted exercise of free speech under Fordham's speech code, and award relief for the breach of contract between Fordham and Tong.

A large percentage of people in China - probably a majority - know of Tiananmen Square as a geographic location. Chinese schools and news/entertainment media do not talk about the 1989 protest.

It's sad that students have to push back against universities like this, but hitting universities' pocketbook seems to be the last, slim, chance of bringing them into something resembling balance and freedom.
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