Free Speech Tag

Assistant Professor Removed by Police for Disrupting Ann Coulter Speech at Cornell

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 18, 2024 88 Comments

Conservative commentator and author Ann Coulter spoke at Cornell University this week and the event was disrupted by an assistant professor at the school. The last time Coulter spoke at Cornell, her alma mater, student protesters caused such a ruckus that the event was cut short.

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Bias Response Team Shut Down at Oklahoma State University Following Settlement With Conservative Group

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 18, 2024 4 Comments

"Under the terms of the settlement, OSU also has to pay Speech First’s legal fees, which were $18,000."...

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University of Georgia Student Protesters Repeatedly Disrupt Talk by Republican Congressman Mike Collins

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 09, 2024 28 Comments

The College Republicans and Turning Point USA at the University of Georgia invited Congressman Mike Collins (R-GA) to speak on campus, but leftist students repeatedly disrupted the event, making it all about them.

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“the notion that Palestinian voices are silenced – a claim I hear frequently on campus – is an inversion of reality”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 07, 2024 33 Comments

"All we ever talk about are Palestinian grievances ...

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Tucker Carlson’s Prep School in RI Won’t Let Him Speak on Campus Because ‘People Could be Killed’

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 03, 2024 73 Comments

"I found, honestly in my exchanges with the administration at St. George’s, a total resistance to having anybody who they don’t agree with even in the same world."...

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Texas Governor Orders Campuses To Address Antisemitism, Drawing Free Speech Criticism

Posted by Terrance Kible on March 31, 2024 32 Comments

The order affirms support for free speech, but not all are convinced...

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Angry Student Mob Chases Attendees of Kyle Rittenhouse Event Off Campus at U. Memphis

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 21, 2024 57 Comments

"Swarms of students were shouting at cars while they were leaving the parking garage while campus police and State Troopers tried to control the crowd."...

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U. South Florida Student Govt. Won’t Allow Student Leadership Candidates to Speak to School Newspaper

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 18, 2024 8 Comments

"may have potentially violated the free speech rights of new student candidates"...

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FDNY Rethinks Plan to Investigate Staffers Who Booed AG Letitia James

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 15, 2024 48 Comments

"FDNY leadership is having ongoing conversations with our members about decorum during department events to ensure we are upholding the core values that make the FDNY the greatest fire department in the world"...

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Ann Coulter Invited Back to Speak at Cornell, a Year After Protesters Shut Down Similar Event

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 14, 2024 4 Comments

“She has accepted [the invitation] in principle. … She has turned it over to her speaker’s bureau to negotiate important details”...

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FDNY Investigating Staffers Who Booed AG Letitia James at Event Last Week

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 10, 2024 117 Comments

“I recommend they come forward. I have been told by the commissioner it will be better for them if they come forward and we don’t have to hunt them down”...

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John Stossel Calls the Southern Poverty Law Center a ‘Scam’

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 05, 2024 23 Comments

"Looking at their map of hate groups, you'd think hate groups were everywhere."...

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Judge Holds Catherine Herridge in Contempt, Orders Fines Until She Reveals Sources

Posted by Mary Chastain on March 01, 2024 45 Comments

Unbelievable. This is scary....

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CBS News Returns Seized Confidential Files of Reporter Catherine Herridge After Uproar

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 27, 2024 45 Comments

“Catherine Herridge’s union representative picked up her materials this morning”...

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Writers’ Advocacy Group Claims American Teachers Work Under a ‘Gag Order’

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 23, 2024 9 Comments

"restrictions on K–12 teacher speech are not intrinsically intolerable, even to those on the political left"...

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CBS Seizes Confidential Files of Recently Fired Journalist Catherine Herridge

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 23, 2024 53 Comments

"The position of CBS has alarmed many, including the union, as an attack on free press principles by one of the nation’s most esteemed press organizations."...

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Elon Musk Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize for Championing Free Speech

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 21, 2024 63 Comments

“The multitude of tech companies Musk has founded, owns or runs, aimed at bettering societies, increasing knowledge of both earth and space, in addition to enabling communication and connectivity globally… has helped make the world a more connected and safer place”...

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The FIRE Comes To Defense Of Cornell Student Under Investigation for Allegedly Posting ‘Zionists must die’ on Social Media

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 28, 2024 21 Comments

“Punishing clearly protected political speech is foreclosed by Cornell’s clear commitment to upholding student free speech rights, even when some consider the views expressed to be offensive or hateful”...

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