{"id":9979,"date":"2017-06-22T11:21:53","date_gmt":"2017-06-22T15:21:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/?p=9979"},"modified":"2017-06-22T07:38:45","modified_gmt":"2017-06-22T11:38:45","slug":"free-speech-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/2017\/06\/free-speech-news.html","title":{"rendered":"In other free speech news"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>Frank Bruni, of the NYT, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/06\/03\/opinion\/sunday\/bruni-campus-inquisitions-evergreen-state.html?mc=aud_dev&amp;mcid=fb-nytimes&amp;mccr=JuneMC78&amp;mcdt=2017-06&amp;subid=JuneMC78&amp;ad-keywords=AudDevGate\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">has finally thrown in the towel<\/a>. \u00a0To all the spoiled college students who think the Pol Pot approach to free speech is the way to go, Mr. Bruni says \u2018Nyet!\u2019<\/p>\n<p>There has been some reluctance to jump in and put the kibosh on students who thought \u00a0riots, physical assault and property destruction were the appropriate way to silence any speech that didn\u2019t conform to their values. Why, \u00a0I don\u2019t know.<\/p>\n<p>But I think the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/grade-point\/wp\/2017\/06\/05\/evergreen-state-college-reopens-after-violent-threat-and-property-damage-on-campus\/?utm_term=.d86f0728179a\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Evergreen<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/volokh-conspiracy\/wp\/2017\/05\/26\/professor-told-hes-not-safe-on-campus-after-college-protests-at-evergreen-state-university-washington\/?utm_term=.432f447cabf6\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">College<\/a>\u00a0fiasco has finally pushed many over the edge. \u00a0Not only was it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/news\/2017\/05\/30\/escalating-debate-race-evergreen-state-students-demand-firing-professor\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">flagrantly racist<\/a>, but it was intolerance aimed at decidedly liberal administrators that caught everyone off guard. \u00a0No matter how the administration tried to reach out, violence and threats were the answer.<\/p>\n<p>So two victories for the forces of tolerance, inclusion and free speech. \u00a0Will the good news never end?<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Frank Bruni, of the NYT, has finally thrown in the towel. \u00a0To all the spoiled college students who think the Pol Pot approach to free speech is the way to go, Mr. Bruni says \u2018Nyet!\u2019 There has been some reluctance to jump in and put the kibosh on students who thought \u00a0riots, physical assault and 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