Free Speech Tag

“Why Should We Defend Speech We Hate?”

Posted by Samuel Kim on January 21, 2023 13 Comments

The Cornell Review, Cornell Political Review, and College Republicans will host FIRE's Nico Perrino, who will speak about the speech climate at Cornell to ways to improve campus discourse....

“There are signs of weakness in MIT’s commitment to academic freedom”

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 21, 2023 3 Comments

"MIT students show worrying signs of intolerance, and MIT appears to be failing to teach them the value of academic freedom"...

New Scholarly Analysis Debunks Anti-Israel Boycotters’ Claim First Amendment Protects “Right” to Violate Anti-BDS Laws

Posted by Johanna Markind on January 19, 2023 13 Comments

States historically regulated discriminatory boycotts as economic activity, says new article....

Repressive Tolerance: “Once they get you to change your language, you have now complied with their ideology”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 17, 2023 61 Comments

My interview on Fox News Digital about word policing: "It's just a way of imposing their political viewpoint on everybody...

DeSantis Permitted To Gather Data On “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion” in Public Universities, Judge Rules

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 15, 2023 23 Comments

Looks like DeSantis is gathering info to gut the DEI bureaucracy, which could achieve the goals of The Stop Woke Act without dictating what professors can say or teach, and possibly insulating the reforms from the type of judicial injunction already granted....

https://twitter.com/KunkleFredrick/status/1298344285079838720?s=20

Analysis: The Destructive Power Of ‘Diversity, Equity and Inclusion’ Doesn’t Stop At Higher Education

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 10, 2023 15 Comments

Prof. Jacobson: "At Cornell, they now require DEI statements from all new hires, faculty hires, and all faculty promotions. So as warped as the ideological outlook is among faculty in universities, it’s going to get worse...

Hamline University Under Fire for Not Renewing Art Prof’s Contract for Showing Images of Muhammad

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 04, 2023 14 Comments

“one of the most egregious violations of academic freedom in recent memory” ...

MIT Faculty Adopts Resolution That Protects Free Expression Including Offensive Speech

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 31, 2022 3 Comments

“We cannot prohibit speech that some experience as offensive or injurious” ...

#Twitterfiles Vindicate Dr. Andrew Bostom – Wrongly Suspended For Accurate But Politically Inconvenient Science On Covid

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 27, 2022 10 Comments

Dr. Andrew Bostom: "My 'offense' was not abiding an 'accepted narrative' [regarding Covid] regardless of how warped that narrative was. Twitter’s behavior, certainly before Elon Musk took ownership of the company, epitomizes the triumphal (for now) anti-scientific, ethical, and legal cretinism of today’s major social...

Survey Finds 59% of College Students Fear Publicly Disagreeing With a Professor

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 24, 2022 3 Comments

“To the extent there are clues in the existing data, cultural forces in the general public seem to create more discomfort than just on-campus interactions.”...

Christian Actor Kirk Cameron Wins Battle to Read His Books in Libraries

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 23, 2022 34 Comments

"now are offering to work with him on room bookings after he challenged their denials and threatened to 'assert' his "rights in court"...

Princeton Students Complain University Didn’t Protect Them From Demonstrators’ Hate Speech

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 12, 2022 6 Comments

“wasn’t asked once by any of the officers or staff members present if [she] was doing alright”...

Harvard Students, Faculty, and Alums Demand Next President ‘Must Champion Free Speech’

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 08, 2022 6 Comments

“There can be no real liberal education without free speech”...

U. Kansas Law School Pressured Students to Cancel Event With ADF Lawyer

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 06, 2022 2 Comments

"The student leaders were told several times to consider what this would do to their reputation."...

Kansas Supreme Court Justice Resigns From Kansas U. Law School Over Free Speech Concerns

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 02, 2022 5 Comments

"events this fall have brought an unwelcome clarity to what before was only a vague and foreboding feeling"...

Yale Student Newspaper Blames Colorado Gay Nightclub Shooting on Free Speech

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 01, 2022 6 Comments

“As a university, Yale has not only failed to formally condemn these attacks, but has also, in the past, provided platforms to many of the individuals who peddle the abhorrent lies that lead to violence against queer individuals”...

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