Police Against Against Me! - Top Story of 07
12/21/07
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[originally published 10/26/07](antiMusic) Everyone that has ever been on a college campus and didn't buy into the group collection consciousness knows very well that there is no such thing as free speech at our centers of higher indoctrination. A band found this out the hard way. Here is Punknews.org with the story: Even when they're not present, Against Me! can apparently stoke controversy. At a recent campus event held at Missouri State University, a local band, Rhythm Sandwich, performed a cover of "Baby, I'm an Anarchist" and caused someone to lodge a profanity complaint.Apparently, the line "I was burning that f*cker And stringing my black flag high" was enough to bring in police. According to Missouri State's Expressive Activity Policy, the Bear Paw is an area on campus that has been designated a free speech zone for all people regardless of their connection to the university to express themselves. However, expression that is obscene, defamatory or incites violence is not entitled to First Amendment protection and not permitted by the policy. [We won't go into the PC exceptions to these exceptions either but Punknews has a thought about it. - more on this story 
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