FIRE offers this pre-written apology for Yale administrators to sign to its students whose speech rights they’ve violated.
We don’t normally endorse the idea of pre-written apology notes. But we’re making an exception for Yale University.
On Wednesday, the Washington Free Beacon broke the story that Yale pressured a student to apologize for using the phrase “trap house” in a Constitution Day party invitation. After one of their Very ImportantTM meetings with the student, administrators provided him with a pre-written apology note to help him get started on atoning for his protected expression.
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Eldik ultimately sent the student a draft apology for the invitation, which the student declined to use. In the spirit of Eldik’s thoughtful gesture, FIRE offers a pre-written apology for Yale administrators to sign to its students whose speech rights they’ve violated:
