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‘Signs of trouble for free speech at Sinclair CC’
FIRE's Peter Bonilla has a column in the Daily Caller about Sinclair Community College in Dayton, Ohio. Its "bizarro world" policy says that students—yes, students in America!—can be prevented from carrying signs during a rally. If you can't quite make yourself believe this (which is understandable), Peter has the video evidence that shows this actually happened. Click on through and prepare to be amazed at what this college does to silence its students.
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