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Thursday, October 5, 2017

Free Speech in Virginia?

The other day at the campus of William and Mary in Virginia, a speaker from the ACLU was about to speak to students about free speech.  In an ironic twist, the speech was shut down by Black Lives Matter protesters who chanted and screamed so that the speaker could not be heard.  The head of the BLM group was then allowed to speak to the assemblage and after making his pitch, he announced the event was cancelled.  The scheduled speaker was not allowed to speak because the BLM group continued chanting and screaming.

Since then, the university has issued a statement announcing its commitment to free speech, but nothing has happened to the protesters.  It's going to be interesting to see if anything happens to them.  After all, they improperly shut down a campus event.  Will Virginia authorities take steps to see that the right of free speech is protected?  Or will the authorities refrain from disciplining the students involved in the BLM protest?  This should be interesting.

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