First Amendment
American University’s new, draconian policies on campus protests and activism show that DEI, Inc. is a dead-end.
The corporate behemoth is heavy-handed and hypocritical, but the former “Mandalorian” actress doesn’t have a First Amendment right to a private sector job.
The Israel-Hamas war sparked calls for legal bans on “hate speech.” A quick glance around the globe shows such censorship is weaponized by politicians and fails in its goals.
The furor over their answers about what constitutes harassment could have been avoided, but now free speech will be under even greater threat.
Now that pro-Palestinian voices are being censored, the left has a new appreciation for free speech, nuance, and context.
However you feel about certain pro-Palestinian slogans that Musk banned, they are legal speech and not direct incitements to violence.
A newspaper told its readers a politician’s criticisms of Israel were unprotected hate speech. But it’s the freedom to express “bad” speech that protects us all.