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Free Speech on Campus Gets Snagged in Doublespeak
Silencing objectionable views is no way to restore confidence in American universities.
Free speech isn’t red or blue.
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The opening sentence of the federal court opinion was like none other: “It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.”
US District Court Judge Mark Walker quoted the haunting first line of George Orwell’s classic novel “1984” as he struck down parts of the Florida law that prohibited colleges from teaching eight topics related to race.