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Eugene Volokh

David Lat, "Against Free-Speech Hypocrisy"

From David Lat (Original Jurisdiction), a characteristically well-written and thoughtful analysis. Lat acknowledges that many universities have departed from what he (and I) think is the proper protection of speech:

[A]s my longtime readers know, and as the rest of this post will make clear—I abhor free-speech selectivity. So I do not defend, and in fact I condemn, the many, many times that university leaders, including law school deans, have run roughshod over free expression to advance certain (typically progressive) political perspectives. These are often the very same leaders who, in the words of Greg Lukianoff, "have suddenly rediscovered the value of free speech and academic freedom." Such inconsistency, even hypocrisy, is utterly unacceptable. And if you read through the Original Jurisdiction archives, you will see me repeatedly calling it out over the years….

But he argues (as do I) that the solution is equally protecting various views, not equally restricting them:

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