College students support free speech — unless it offends them

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College students support free speech — unless it offends them


By Jeffrey J. Selingo March 12 Email the author

When I was a sophomore in college, the College Republicans invited Phyllis Schlafly, the conservative political activist best known for her campaign against ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment, to give a speech on campus. There were no barricades around the building where she spoke. Beyond a few campus police officers, there were no state police in riot gear. Bags weren’t checked at the entrance. And most of all, no one shouted her down on one of the most liberal college campuses in the country.

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