http://rawstory.com//news/2007/Fourword_editorial_Taser_this...fuck_Bush_0924.htmlEditor of college paper that ran 'f***' Bush editorial says he'd run it againJason Rhyne
Published: Monday September 24, 2007
The editorial board of a Colorado State University student newspaper didn't mince words criticizing President Bush following a free speech debate sparked by the recent tasing of a Florida student. "Taser this FUCK BUSH," the entirety of a four-word column read in the student-run Rocky Mountain Collegian.
"We felt that maybe four words were more impactful than 250," said Dave McSwane, the paper's editor, in a segment shown on CNN's American Morning. The wording of the editorial was agreed upon by the Collegian's seven-member board. "Our intentions weren't 'hey let's really upset the community," McSwane said. "Our intentions were let's get college students talking about freedom of speech."
Asked by CNN's John Roberts if the wording of the piece could be characterized as vulgar or sophomoric, he said "wouldn't entirely disagree."
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McSwane has been asked to appear before the university's Board of Student Communications to defend his job, and says he "absolutely" stands by the piece.
"We wanted people to understand that free speech is something we should talk about," he said. "We felt that this campus, for one reason or another, has been really apathetic. Too quiet. We felt that the best way to spark that dialogue was to exercise it ourselves."
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