Tag: hate speech
Inclusivity and Free Speech are Both Patriotic
Let’s take a closer look at how polarizing headlines and false dichotomies about a recent survey of college students flatten the notion of patriotism and simplify the complexity of people’s beliefs about free speech, hate speech, and inclusivity.
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First They Come for the Poets
The recent incident in Aurora, Ill., in which a self-described satirical poem by poet George Miller was removed from the library, is troubling for many reasons.
Intellectual Freedom News – 8/18/2017
Charlottesville, Hate Speech, LGBT Library Displays and The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian Approved in Conejo Valley
Milo Makes News Again
How does an intellectual freedom fighter deal with someone like Milo Yiannopoulos? Does the First Amendment guarantee a forum for every kind of speech?
Intellectual Freedom News 11/28/16
November 28th, 2016 – New effort to label books “sexually explicit” in Virginia schools, hate speech in libraries, the right to be forgotten, and more…
Free Speech vs. Campus Safety: the Disinvitation Dilemma
Colleges increasingly withdraw invitations to controversial speakers, raising questions of free speech, public safety and the role of education.