Grant Crowell of Walking Eagle Productions interviewed FIRE's David French earlier this month.
FIRE defends the free speech rights of students and professors at colleges and universities. It is, in French's words, "non-partisan and non-ideological" organization.
French focuses on academia, because they are "uniquely oppressive institutions in our society."
"Basic religious liberty is under siege on campuses across the country," French added later in the interview.
French also comments that the "vast majority of instances of censorship that we see on campus come from the left."
And of course, the Thomas Klocek free speech speech struggle with DePaul, which French called a "classic violation of academic freedom."
French is tough, deservedly so, on DePaul, stating that "what is absolutely clear is that Professor Klocek was suspended without due process because he offended people whose points of view the university wanted to protect."
In my words, here we go again: Free speech for some.
It's a great interview, but frightening, too.
Listen here. Windows media player required.
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