Limiting speech that can be offensive to minorities

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Can you limit comments by the Supreme Court Justice?
Scalia’s Comment on Black Students Draws Gasps in Supreme Court

The problem is that literally anything can be considered offensive, even if it isn't obvious to the person saying it. People can always take things the wrong way.

Offensive is whatever you're willing to fight to the death to suppress.

Well, the language was certainly clearer when the way to express that you were offended was to challenge the offender to a duel.

Saying that minorities given affirmative action placement in top schools where their likelihood of failing increases, could be better served by placement in schools where they will excel, is common sense. Like all people, the education of your parents has a lot to do with your own.

It is the same as saying men of 5 foot 2 and 120 pounds are not the best choice for hand to hand combat posts where fast movement while packing 80 pounds of gear is the main requirement.

We do not exclude women from combat posts because of Racism, even at the same size and weight, they have less upper body strength.

It is not sexism or racism to have a sign saying, "You must be this tall to ride on this amusement."

Where we do not follow common sense, The American Educational System, where testing has replaced education, we have teachers teaching the test, and nothing else, as they get more money for higher test scores, teachers changing test answers to reach the same goal, or low scoring students being pushed into dropping out, transferring to other schools. Education is not being served.

Schools with entry exams can pick students who can all do the work and graduate.

Public Schools will always have students that can not do well enough to pass even a watered down program.

The response of failure is not acceptable denies reality. Pass them somehow does not benefit the student.

We need some life path for those who can not pass academic studies.

I would rather offend someone, but give them the best possible answer, than to not offend, and blame their failure on them.

Groups that use female combat soldiers, the Kurds, WWII Russians, I think Israel, have female units. With the Kurds and Russians, women were not front line, they made great snipers.

Just because someone cannot reach one measure of performance, should not bar them from finding a place they can function.

Those who fail school, drop or are pushed out, are likely to wind up in prison. American Prison costs are greater for the 1% behind bars, than the money spent educating the other 99%.

This offends my common sense.