"Free Speech" Blogs & Blog Posts

I'm not a free speech purist, but pretty close. To me, attempts at censorship in democracies are a hallmark of right wing movements — historically, they're the ones who want to ban books, police speech, and try to stop free inquiry. — Read th...

The MAGA anti-mask brigade in the North Carolina Senate just rammed through a draconian bill that bans wearing masks in public — even for legitimate health reasons, reports USA Today. The Trump-worshippers in the senate who introduced the bill are...

The Los Angeles Police Department's feelings were hurt when it learned that the Cola Corporation was selling a T-shirt with a logo that combined the Los Angeles Lakers' iconic logo with the phrase "F*ck the LAPD." To put an end to this grave injustic...

Colleges and universities should be bastions of free speech and academic freedom. Unfortunately, too many administrators are attacking them. They fear the right-wingers in Congress (who believe higher education should be nothing more than propaganda...

As much as I'm interested in reviews of the movie Civil War, I'm more intrigued by reactions to the politics (or lack thereof) of Civil War. A lot of critics think the film intentionally ducks specificity to make the story more universal. — Rea...

In a trademark display of hypocrisy, Elon Musk's Twitter has pledged to pay the legal fees for Dr. Kulvinder Kaur Gill, a Canadian physician who lost a defamation lawsuit she filed against her critics. Gill, who posted COVID vaccine-skeptic and anti-...

Russian citizen Edward Snowden is defending free speech absolutist, red-wave aficionado, and antisemite Elon "Pedo Guy" Musk. It's not surprising, but certainly indicative, that Musk's aid to Putin through things like who gets to use Starlink to wage...