Judge orders University of Oregon not to delete profs social media posts even if theyre offensive [Video]

A federal judge has ordered the University of Oregon not to hide, mute or delete social media posts by a Portland State University professor even if they could be considered hateful, racist, offensive, out of context, off topic or irrelevant on the school’s equity X account, formerly Twitter.

U.S. District Judge Marco A. Hernandez issued the order Tuesday in professor Bruce Gilley’s 2-year-old case against the University of Oregon after Gilley got kicked off its diversity Twitter account for commenting on one of its posts.

Gilley has publicly criticized state efforts for inclusive educational curriculum as “identity politics” and has been highly critical of university diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.

He sought a court order to bar the UO from blocking him from the diversity account in the future but Hernandez denied it.

Then the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned Hernandez’s denial. A three-judge appellate panel , in a 2-1 vote in March, said that the UO hasn’t shown that it wouldn’t in the future …