Auburn Censors Ron Paul Poster, Gives Student Bigger Platform

The latest video from the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) is produced by Reason TV alum Ted Balaker and details the case of the censored Ron Paul poster.

From FIRE's writeup:

In November 2011, Auburn University student Eric Philips was required to remove a banner supporting Ron Paul's presidential campaign from the inside of his dormitory window. Philips documented numerous examples of other students not being asked to do the same. In this video, Eric Philips fills you in on the details of Auburn's efforts to censor his viewpoint and how you can fight back against censorship on your own campus.

More info here.

HT: Instapundit.

Comments

[invisible furry hand]

so the censorship attempt actually helped kickstart a Paulista campaign on campus? Clearly a fifth columnist in administration orchestrated this, and the kid is just a patsy.

[Brian from Texas]

If he had a poster of Che Guevera in his window Auburn probably would have given him a prize.

[sarcasmic]

Communist mass murderers are cool!

[Tim]

Workers of the world, like, unite and stuff.

[sarcasmic]

Dyslexics of the world... Untie!

[Fist of Etiquette]

"I went to school there for five years."

Couldn't get it done in four, eh?

"Because of FIRE I think Auburn will think twice about censoring another student."

Because of FIRE Auburn began thinking twice about admitting another radical noncomformist.

[Fluffy]

Judging from what I see in the stands at their football games on TV, Auburn girls are hot.

I would have tried to wrangle a 5th year if I had gone there, too.

[Randian]

Gillespie apparently missed the memo that you aren't supposed to link to the direct sources anymore.

[generic Brand]

Fuck Auburn, and the rest of the SEC.

[ant1sthenes]

Wow, Paul can't even catch a break in the capital of Rockwellistan.