Posted
9:02 AM
by Gene
We agree: Bill Ayers is a "disgrace", but he shouldn't be denied from speaking on a college campus if invited. Before it became a fantasyland of up-is-down PC, exploding endowments and infinite conflicts of interests college was a haven of free expression. It is naive in this age of hyperpartisan tantrums to think it can stay that way. But controversial figures should be able to speak on campuses without fear of intimidation -- right AND left.
Unfortunately this "First Amendment lawyer" gives herself an out by saying that speakers shouldn't be invited if somebody's feelings might be hurt. Fine. Let's make sure it isn't always the same somebody.