Greg Lukianoff
Greg Lukianoff
Greg Lukianoff is the president of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education. He previously served as FIRE's first director of legal and public advocacy until he was appointed president in 2006. A graduate of American University and Stanford Law School, he has described himself as a "pro-choice liberal."...
actual expression free harassment sexually thus
Real harassment is a real problem, but the AAUW conflates harassment with any expression deemed sexually 'offensive' and thus endangers free expression while trivializing actual harassment.
expression odds diversity
The value of free expression is perceived to be at odds with goals that were considered 'more important,' like inclusiveness, diversity, nondiscrimination, and tolerance.
college expression ideas
Colleges have a twofold duty when it comes to dealing with censorship. First, there is the duty to not censor the free expression of ideas, especially important and newsworthy ones. Second, colleges have the duty to protect speakers from being silenced by others. Century has failed miserably on both counts.
form morning woke
Basically, I woke up one morning and there was this new form of protest.
absurd demeaning free police society
It's absurd to try to police demeaning speech. That's not what a free society does.
bound public school
It's a public school system. It's bound by the First Amendment.
believe book mean
John Stuart Mill, in his wonderful 1859 book On Liberty, talks about civility. And this is why you should always be concerned about calls for civility. He points out that civility ends up getting defined by the people who are in charge. And you'll notice that when people argue for civility, they tend to actually believe that whatever they say is civil. And if they're angry about it, it's righteous rage. But if you say it and it's kind of sharp or mean, then it's incivil. ... And sometimes, disagreement-to be productive-can't be all that civil.