Free Speech Tag

Boise State Prof Faces Calls for His Firing Over Speech About Traditional Gender Roles

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 17, 2021 8 Comments

Professor Scott Yenor is a conservative who teaches political science at Boise State University in Idaho. In October, he gave a speech at a conservative conference which included criticism of feminism (gasp) and embraced traditional gender roles. He was very frank and people on campus and beyond are losing their minds over his words.

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Saint Louis U. Threatens to Expel Student for Hanging Posters Advertising Talk by Matt Walsh

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 14, 2021 4 Comments

"Administrators present outside the event took issue with the school and organization’s names being used on flyers"...

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“We’ve fully entered the Second Great Age of Political Correctness”

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 14, 2021 8 Comments

"Political correctness didn't decline and fall. It went underground and then rose again."...

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Talk by Conservative Journalist at Princeton Held in Secret Location

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 11, 2021 6 Comments

"In the days leading up to the talk, some Princeton students took to social media and online forums to condemn Shrier and castigate the event’s student organizers for inviting her to campus."...

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Davidson College About to Become First Private College in NC to Adopt Free Expression Statement

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 10, 2021 2 Comments

“For nearly a decade, North Carolina’s universities have led the way on free speech by ending their unconstitutional speech codes and speaking out in favor of freedom of thought and inquiry”...

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Yale Psychiatry Students Triggered by Lecture Expressing Surprise There Are “Artisanal Coffee Shops” In Rural Ohio

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 09, 2021 60 Comments

A psychiatrist named Sally Satel, who used to be part of the faculty at Yale, gave a guest lecture at the school in January on the opioid crisis with a focus on a town in Ohio. Shortly afterwards, a letter was sent to the department chair from “Concerned Yale Psychiatry Residents” which claimed her lecture was 'traumatizing' and accusing Satel of being a racist.

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Virginia Tech Punishes Student for Booing at a Soccer Game

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 08, 2021 14 Comments

“The Virginia Tech administration was completely out of line”...

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Former Illinois State U. Football Coach Fired for Removing BLM Flag Sues Claiming Free Speech Violation

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 05, 2021 1 Comment

"he did not toe the party line regarding Black Lives Matter"...

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Attempts To Cancel Coastal Carolina University Prof Steve Earnest Were Worse Than We Knew

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 04, 2021 48 Comments

We have covered the story of Coastal Carolina University Professor Steve Earnest extensively, but a new report from the Los Angeles Times has shed new light on the situation. The good news is that Earnest has been reinstated. The bad news is that he was put through hell for nothing.

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Judicial Watch Suing on Behalf of Teacher Claiming She Was Fired for Social Media Posts About Critical Race Theory

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 02, 2021 11 Comments

A high school teacher in Hanover, Massachusetts named Kari MacRae ran for school board and won. She made a video on the social media site 'TikTok' explaining that she ran for school board to prevent Critical Race Theory from being taught and was subsequently fired. Now Judicial Watch is suing on her behalf.

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Alumni Are Starting to Withhold Donations to Colleges That Don’t Support Free Speech

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 01, 2021 14 Comments

“This is a battle for our culture and, in many ways, for Western civilization” ...

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Coastal Carolina University Reinstates Theater Prof Who Criticized Student Protestors

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 30, 2021 3 Comments

“Without the help and leadership of FIRE, I am certain that I would have been forced out of my career of over 25 years”...

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Faculty and Students at St. Louis U. Petition to Keep Matt Walsh Off Campus

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 21, 2021 5 Comments

“We are not in support of ending civil discourse and the discussion of various points of view, rather we are in support of closing loopholes that create opportunities for hate speech.”...

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Federal Judge: Pennsylvania School Board Must Allow Critics to Speak

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 19, 2021 13 Comments

A federal judge has ordered the Pennsbury School Board in Pennsylvania to allow parents and other community members to offer criticism at meetings. You wouldn't think that a judge would need to get involved in a situation like this, but here we are.

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Emerson College Denies Appeal of ‘Bias’ Charge Against Conservative Student Group Over China Criticism

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 18, 2021 19 Comments

The Turning Point USA chapter at Emerson College in Boston is being punished for distributing stickers that are critical of the Chinese Communist Party. We mentioned this story in a Quick Take. TPUSA appealed a bias charge over this and now the school is doubling down.

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Left Wing Student Groups to Protest Ben Shapiro Speech at Florida State University

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 16, 2021 10 Comments

“We don’t tolerate fascists”...

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USC Prof Under Fire for Refusing to Remove Blue Lives Matter Flag from Office Door

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 15, 2021 2 Comments

“I want them to take it down, and I want them to do something about Professor Moore because this is not the first controversial thing he’s done.”...

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‘Homophobic’ Graffiti Left on ‘Free Expression’ Bridge Investigated at Duke University

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 08, 2021 6 Comments

“Individuals and student groups may express opinions within this area that are not restricted by content, except by legal standards”...

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