@Emsmom1 I think you should discuss with him that there are certain phrases words that can offend different people. He may not realize it’s offensive to say - that’s so “another word for happy”, because it could offend people in the LGBT community. This was the phrase one of my son’s debate novice teammates used. My son had to explain why it was offensive - this was really important because several teammates and two past presidents are members of the LGBT community. If the kid had kept saying things like that, he probably would have been ostracized. He wasn’t a “bad” kid - he just didn’t get it. Hopefully people will give your nephew the benefit of the doubt if it’s not “hate speech” but just ignorance of how something could be offensive. As for conservative views, my son attended the student only info session at a very liberal college and a conservative basically asked if he was going to be bullied. The answer was no as long as you have reasons or facts for your beliefs, people are open to discussion. So hopefully your nephew’s college will be the same.