Missouri Sends Out Campus Wide Email Saying To Call The Police If Someone Says Something Hurtful To You

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Mediate – The Missouri University Police Department (MUPD) sent an email to students Tuesday morning urging them to call them and report any hurtful speech they encounter on the campus.

In an email that was flagged by several Missouri-based journalists, the MUPD asked “individuals who witness incidents of hateful and/or hurtful speech or actions” to call the department’s general phone line “to continue to ensure that the University of Missouri campus remains safe.” They suggest that students provide a detailed description of the offender, their location or license plate number, and even to take a picture if possible.

In the email, MUPD readily admits that hurtful or hateful speech is not against the law. But, they write, “if the individuals identified are students, MU’s Office of Student Conduct can take disciplinary action.”

In a statement to Mediaite, the MUPD confirmed that the email was real. When asked about the potential First Amendment implications, a spokesman responded simply, “We are simply asking them to report what they feel is hurtful and/or hateful speech.”

He added that the police did not consider the hateful speech “a criminal matter.” However, “We also work for the University and uphold the Universities Rules and Regulations.”

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In a weird way I kind of wish I was a student at Mizzou right now. Must be nice to live on a campus where it’s literally been deemed illegal for someone to hurt your feelings. Where you can call the police and have someone arrested if they offend you in any way shape or form. What an incredibly pleasant way to go through life. Not sure if it will prepare you for the real world at all, but while you’re in your insulated, protective, “safe space” cocoon for the next 4 years, life will be AWESOME.

Unless of course the tables turn and you’re accidentally the one who says something that offends someone else. That would suck. Then again, you can always just stomp your feet and yell really loud and starve yourself to get that situation reversed.

Free Speech is so 2014.