Comment by UncleMeat
10 days ago
eh. FIRE exempts universities like Liberty from its evaluation of free speech on campus because its free speech restrictions are expected. It also rated public universities in Florida well, despite stated positions that they will comply with Florida legislation to restrict speech on campus.
Lukianoff wrote The Coddling of the American Mind, in which he complains about student speech.
FIRE is indeed not as hypocritical as most "free speech absolutists." But boy howdy do they have different bars for different groups.
> Lukianoff wrote The Coddling of the American Mind, in which he complains about student speech.
You must not have read it. Because the complaints are about _restrictions_ on student speech...
There are ample examples in the book where student speech is what he complains about. He just merely frames this as threats to the speech of others.
If you're talking about the Heckler's Veto, then...I guess?
But: 1. It's trivially true the Hecklers Veto results in less speech, not more, and most "free speech absolutists" on both sides oppose it
2. This is not a double standard; he also opposes the right wing using the Hecklers Veto
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