The Right Must Avoid the Left’s Free Speech Pitfalls
…far, so good. He then directed all Texas colleges and universities to “review and update free speech policies to address the sharp rise in antisemitic speech and acts on university…
…far, so good. He then directed all Texas colleges and universities to “review and update free speech policies to address the sharp rise in antisemitic speech and acts on university…
…Challenge: Detering the Social Justice Procrustes Mindset Our Constitution embraces free speech. Visions of social justice are welcome but once they are enabled with the power of the state and…
…Title IX changes threaten free speech and due process, according to several legal experts who spoke to The College Fix. The administration’s submitted updates to Title IX of the Education…
…could engage in lengthy and meaningful conversations without fear. As the narrator often remarks, “Back then, you could say that.” John Stuart Mill, a staunch advocate of free speech, would…
…for free by—…Microsoft! Check out Beyond Microsoft, and see dozens of videos and resources. The site proclaims: “We have an opportunity—and an obligation—to foster collective movement towards greater diversity and…
…not backing away from that. Free means free. From Nazis marching in Skokie to Proud Boys in Charlotte. All of that. But Free Speech—to be genuinely free—requires a rebuttal. It…
…might be a very different country today. Most of us can list them—the right to free speech, the right to keep and bear arms, the right to a trial by…
…death. Pro-Hamas mobs chant “from the river to the sea, Palestine shall be free [of Jews],” and “globalize the intifada,” and although they may not be able to identify which…
…scared to speak, question, and express themselves freely. Using disparaging rhetoric, even violence, to prevent speech is now commonplace on campus, and thus, many students are turning inward, and genuine…
…interactions with students, faculty, and staff. Failure to do so may limit promotions, future job opportunities, etc. Faculty now talk about the “weaponization” of concepts like free speech and academic…
Academic freedom is constantly referred to by faculty and administration. It is often used as a proxy for free speech, and a free speech absolutism where “anything goes.” It serves…
…free speech. While he vehemently defended free speech in the public sphere, he argued that standards are different in private life or for private companies. For instance, last year, Dillon…
It is difficult to overestimate the importance of free speech. It is imperative for society and even more important on campus. After all, the latter is the place where ideas…
…its allies to the cause. Defenders of DEI argue that “free speech” is trampled if DEI is defunded. This is especially notable since one of the major activities of DEI…
…vanishingly rare event that universities attempt to cultivate an environment of academic freedom and free speech on campus, it will never fully apply to sponsored international students from countries with…
…based on her views on anti-Semitism and free speech. A long-time advocate of “diversity, equity, and inclusion,” she saw nothing contrary to Harvard principles in calling for the death of…
…Today, Harvard’s commitment to free expression is anything but clear. Harvard came in dead last in the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression’s free speech rankings, which detailed some of…
…platform won’t change that. ‘Original Twitter,’ on the other hand, genuinely practiced free speech; it was a place where all of those figures could be brutally mocked for their hypocrisies…
…and Free Expression Student Summit,” which was co-hosted by PEN America, a non-profit dedicated to free expression. “Our hope is that through participating in this event,” the announcement stated, “you…
…as newly awakened champions of free speech or academic freedom. Claudine Gay, Sally Kornbluth, and Elizabeth Magill, of course, got themselves in hot water by pretending that the issue at…
…fighting for academic freedom and free speech for student and faculty – showing you how common these cases really are—and was financially funded in full by the Academic Freedom Alliance….
…made it increasingly clear that they have an affinity for regulating student speech. Through various policies such as “free speech zones,” bias reporting systems, speech codes, and other restrictions, they…
…organizations like Princetonians for Free Speech, MIT Free Speech Alliance, and the umbrella group Alumni Free Speech Alliance may yet garner the attention of university leaders. The appropriate influence of…
…MIT Students for Open Inquiry, “America’s newest college organization for free speech and academic freedom.” The Alumni Free Speech Alliance, a national network of pro-free-speech alumni organizations founded in October…
…debate in a healthy society and a beneficent leader’s reluctance to expose his subjects to too much free speech. He parroted the Catholic line as follows: “simple minds, having been…
…As Claudine likes to say, “It all depends on context.” Repeating other people’s words without attribution is at the heart of many liturgies. Your own free-form paraphrase of the Lord’s…
…designated foreign terrorist organization, can move the SJP’s activities from protected free speech, into conduct that is beyond our First Amendment protections. A broad coalition—including Ari Berman, President of Yeshiva…
…days later amended her view, saying, “I don’t mind anonymous American people having free speech … What I don’t like is anonymous Russians and Chinese and Iranians having free speech.”…
…and its liberal tradition we cannot stand by and see the college used as a tool by political forces which deny the very existence of freedom of thought and speech…
…responsibly calibrated to turn back DEI’s worst excesses on Ohio’s public campuses. Prohibiting mandatory DEI training, compelled political speech, and the use of diversity screens in hiring and admissions decisions—alongside…