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In the recording, Sewell is heard saying "If I said something offensive you know, you can say a lot of offensive things in here because it's impossible to talk about the First Amendment without saying horrible things," Sewell said. "Um, you know, 'You're just a dumb n***** and I hate you.' That alone, that's protected speech."
Smatresk later released a statement on Twitter saying, "During the 'When Hate Comes to Campus' panel discussion this evening, a member of the UNT Systems legal staff used a racial epithet that was not reflective of the values of our university community. While the individual was trying to make a point about First Amendment speech, this language is never condoned in our community which prides itself on our diversity and caring nature."
The university is considering firing her over this. Personally I think this whole thing is ridiculous. It's just a word and in this instance she was just saying it as example of what would be protected by free speech. The moral outrage over this word is borderline psychotic.