Free Speech Loses at University of Virginia: New at Reason
College uses alt-right fight as excuse to censor protests.
Reason Staff|May. 28, 2018 12:00 pm
U.Va protestsShay Horse/NurPhoto/Sipa USA/NewscomIf any state university is right to limit speech by members of the public on its grounds, the University of Virginia is that university. Last summer it played unwilling host to a mob of torch-bearing white supremacists shouting "Jews will not replace us!" and other repellent things.
The next day, demonstrations by more white supremacists at Lee Park in Charlottesville led to violent clashes with counterprotesters and the murder of Heather Heyer. It was a shocking episode that made news around the globe.
https://reason.com/blog/2018/05/28/free-speech-loses-at-university-of-virgi
