Free Speech Tag

Colorado Dad Suing School District for Discrimination After Refusing to Display ‘Straight Pride Flag’ Next to ‘Progress Pride Flag’

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 06, 2023 39 Comments

"If we had more parents like [Feldman], then these policies would never have been rolled out in the first place, and they'd be teaching kids about math and science"...

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‘Irish Lives Matter’ Graffiti, Anti-Illegal Immigrant Signage Treated As ‘Hate Incidents’ in Northern Ireland

Posted by Stacey Matthews on November 30, 2023 41 Comments

"We are under no illusions that 'Irish Lives Matter' is a racist slogan which is directly counterpoised to movements against the oppression faced by black people and other ethnic minorities."...

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Irish Police Investigating Former UFC Fighter Conor McGregor Over Comments About Dublin Riots

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 28, 2023 24 Comments

"There is grave danger among us in Ireland that should never be here in the first place, and there has been zero action done to support the public in any way, shape or form with this frightening fact"...

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Doctor Sues Mayo Clinic Claiming Retaliation For His Public Comments On Transgender Sports

Posted by Jane Coleman on November 20, 2023 29 Comments

Complaint: "Mayo . . . warned [Joyner] that going forward he must 'discuss approved topics only and stick to prescribed messaging,' a demand anathema to both academic freedom and to the scientific process itself." ...

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First Amendment: Supreme Court Considers Gov’t Officials’ Social Media Behavior

Posted by Terrance Kible on November 16, 2023 45 Comments

Lower courts couldn't agree on whether a government official can block citizens from a personal social media account that is used to share official information....

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Cornell Students Protest Speaker Michael Knowles but Event Proceeds Anyway

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 08, 2023 7 Comments

"students held electric tea light candles and gave testimony about the many obstacles transgender people face"...

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Stanford Law Appoints Student Who Helped Organize Shoutdown of Federal Judge to Help Search for New Dean

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 01, 2023 7 Comments

"the co-president of Stanford OutLaw, the LGBT student group that led efforts in March to disrupt a Federalist Society event"...

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Nothing To See Here: Democrats’ Continued Attacks on Americans’ Rights, from Freedom of Speech to the Right To Keep And Bear Arms

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on November 01, 2023 29 Comments

And other things the media under-reported last week....

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Supreme Court Pauses Ban on Biden Admin’s Communications With Big Tech

Posted by Mary Chastain on October 20, 2023 23 Comments

The Court agreed to hear the case, which could affect how the First Amendment is applied when it comes to social media....

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Harvard President Won’t Punish Students Over Anti-Israel Letter

Posted by Mike LaChance on October 14, 2023 8 Comments

“We do not punish or sanction people for expressing such views, but that is a far cry from endorsing them.”...

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Penn State Students Arrested After Flipping Table at Riley Gaines Event

Posted by Mike LaChance on October 11, 2023 14 Comments

"Don't f**king touch me like that."...

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Appeals Court Blocks School District’s Policy Mandating ‘Respect’ for Gender Identity

Posted by Terrance Kible on October 06, 2023 18 Comments

Violators were subject to 'discipline by appropriate measures, which may include suspension and expulsion.'...

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Free Speech Advocates Raise Alarm After Writer is Jailed in Switzerland for Insulting Lesbian Journalist

Posted by Mike LaChance on October 06, 2023 10 Comments

"that intolerance and repression already is present in various forms in the United States, particularly through campus speech codes and bias reporting"...

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5th Circuit Broadens Social Media Censorship Injunction To Include Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 03, 2023 14 Comments

"CISA—working in close connection with the FBI—held regular industry meetings with the platforms...

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Poll: Most People Believe Conservatives Aren’t as Free to Speak on College Campuses

Posted by Mike LaChance on October 03, 2023 1 Comment

"If you're a Republican or lean Republican, you're unabashedly wrong, they shut you down"...

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Washington College Students Successfully Shout Down Campus Speech About Free Speech

Posted by Mike LaChance on September 28, 2023 7 Comments

"among the nation’s most high-profile opponents of same-sex marriage"...

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Yale’s Buckley Institute Releases Disturbing Findings on College Students and Free Speech

Posted by Mike LaChance on September 27, 2023 15 Comments

“Too much of the censorship we see on campus comes from students poorly educated on the value of free speech and university administrators unwilling to stand up for those ideals”...

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Nearly Half of Democrats Believe Free Speech Should Be Legal ‘Only Under Certain Circumstances’

Posted by Mike LaChance on September 26, 2023 64 Comments

"A bare majority of Democrats (53%) say speech should be legal under any circumstances, while 47% say it should be legal 'only under certain circumstances.'”...

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