It may sound strange that we have the ability to speak freely everywhere in America…. except on many college campuses. I remember during my college days of the necessity of writing a ‘perfect marxist essay’ in order to pass a class.
Today, universities are not so easily fooled and many have enacted ‘speech codes’ and other restrictions to curtail opinions that they have interpreted to be ‘offensive.’
There is– fortunately– an organization that represents Americans attending or working in our colleges and universities against the intrusions of the ‘thought control police’.
Thanks to thefire.org — ‘defenders of individual rights in education’ — college life is becoming better for those who want to think for themselves. Here are a few of the latest subjects that you can explore on their site:
FIRE Warns Department of Health and Human Services Against Supporting Political Litmus Tests on Campus
FIRE in ‘The New York Times’ on Free Speech at Columbia
Marquette Bans Dave Barry Quote from Office Door
FIRE’s Challenge to Ideological Litmus Tests at Columbia’s Teachers College in the ‘New York Post’ and ‘Sun’
FIRE’s Challenge to Ideological Litmus Tests at Columbia’s Teachers College in the ‘New York Post’ and ‘Sun’
Speech Code of the Month: University of Mississippi
Anyway… step by step, the rights that we value in our great country are being reinstated…. even on college campuses…. check out their site… you can help!
Roger Freberg