Free Speech Tag

Interim Policy on Campus Speakers at Middlebury College Rewards Heckler’s Veto

Posted by Mike LaChance on September 20, 2017 1 Comment

This is how the mob wins....

Constitution Day Lecture at Princeton Titled “F*** Free Speech”

Posted by Mike LaChance on September 19, 2017 2 Comments

“Put simply, speech is costly”...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAvZiBc1fRI

Pakistan: Christian Man Sentenced to Death For Blasphemy

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on September 16, 2017 2 Comments

"insults against the Prophet Mohammad are punishable by death"...

Faculty Members at Berkeley Call for Boycott of Free Speech Week

Posted by Mike LaChance on September 16, 2017 2 Comments

"The letter was co-written by seven faculty members"...

Steve Bannon to Speak at UC Berkeley During Free Speech Week

Posted by Mike LaChance on September 13, 2017 4 Comments

What could go wrong?...

Maryland Democrat Crafting Bill to Stop ‘Hate Speech’ on Campus

Posted by Mike LaChance on September 11, 2017 11 Comments

"CAMPUS HATE Crimes Act"...

UC Berkeley Cuts Number of Students Able to Hear Ben Shapiro Speak

Posted by Mike LaChance on September 06, 2017 3 Comments

“I’ve never heard of anything like it before”...

Bill Would Block Universities in Ohio from Disinviting Controversial Speakers

Posted by Mike LaChance on September 06, 2017 2 Comments

"It would prevent “heckler’s vetoes”...

Edinburgh University Student Faces Investigation for Mocking ISIS on Facebook (Updated)

Posted by Mike LaChance on September 06, 2017 16 Comments

A 21 year old law student at Edinburgh University mocked ISIS on his Facebook page. Now his school is investigating him for potentially committing a hate crime.

NYU Students Form ‘Non-Conformist Book Club’ to Secretly Discuss Non-PC Ideas

Posted by Mike LaChance on September 01, 2017 4 Comments

"free to disagree” without social or formal sanction"...

Ivy League Profs Urge Students to Think for Themselves in Letter

Posted by Mike LaChance on August 31, 2017 26 Comments

A group of fifteen Ivy League school professors has penned a letter to students, urging them to avoid the dangers of groupthink. In light of recent events in higher education, this couldn't be more timely.

Pelosi Condemns Antifa Violence at Berkeley

Posted by Mary Chastain on August 30, 2017 7 Comments

Thank you, Rep. Pelosi!...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJuHh_jUjd0

Berkeley: After Antifa rampage, Mayor wants Conservative Free Speech Week canceled

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 29, 2017 57 Comments

Two days ago black-clad Antifa thugs beat people in Berkeley as police mostly stood on the sidelines, as we documented in Journalist amid Antifa Berkeley Riots: “Police have completely disappeared … People getting beaten up”. ABC News reported that police were ordered not to intervene:

Berkeley Police Chief Andrew Greenwood said officers were told not to actively confront the anarchists. He applauded officers' restraint, saying it forestalled greater violence.

Berkeley Mayor Jesse Areguin, while criticizind the Antifa violence, approved of the police stepping back and effectively ceding the streets: