Should students get expelled or suspended from their school for posting comments/threats towards teachers/school on Facebook?
Here's my opinion, but it needs more evidence:
Students shouldn't get expelled/suspended from school up to a limit. It's freedom of speech, but it's not a freedom if you post threats or bad remarks about the school. It's not nice saying, "Oh this school sucks and the teachers are dickheads!" It's inappropriate and insulting. On the other hand, it's should be perfectly fine saying, "This school is bad because the teachers can't control the classroom, and they don't know how to teach properly."
Any thoughts, and please back it up with real evidence.
It's a rather fine line tbh. Sure, some such comments could fall under 'freedom of speech', however with that freedom comes the responsibility to avoid defamation, misleading comments, threats, or other such irresponsible statements.
I think anything on the internet could just be talking tall. It's not like those kids who were talking about blowing up the school on FB it's just casual conversation. Starting a group is a lil too far but still managable with no real threat.
I agree with Somewhat49. People talk like that all the time...it's the small percentage of people who actually act on those words that make us hyper-alert to anything. It's almost a common expression to say "I'll kill him/her" when someone does something that they don't like...but not often does a killing take place.
It's almost a common expression to say "I'll kill him/her" when someone does something that they don't like...but not often does a killing take place.
I think that people just want to be cautious after some of the school shootings that have happened in the past decade. As for the the actual comments, saying stuff that are derogatory towards the teachers I think should be fine up to a certain point. When someone starts saying they'd like to kill the teacher, that's gone too far. But saying things like what AnBuhank listed seems fine as its not really threatening anyone.
