Free speech has a very small constituency on the modern campus, particularly if the speaker under attack is conservative.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Ignorant free speech often works against the speaker. That is one of several reasons why it must be given rein instead of suppressed.
Free speech includes the right to not speak.
Free speech is meant to protect unpopular speech. Popular speech, by definition, needs no protection.
Free speech is a valuable commodity, which we preserve and protect, but there quite rightly is restriction on free speech in the best interest of the good order of the community and common sense.
The right of free speech cannot be parceled out based on whether we want to hear what the speaker has to say or whether we agree with those views. It means, quite often, tolerating the expression of views that we find distasteful, perhaps even repugnant.
Free speech is one of the founding principles of our republic.
The Founding Fathers' instructions were clear: The right to free speech includes bad speech; it means tolerance of ideas that many find obnoxious.
Free speech carries with it some freedom to listen.
You can't have a university without having free speech, even though at times it makes us terribly uncomfortable. If students are not going to hear controversial ideas on college campuses, they're not going to hear them in America. I believe it's part of their education.
Free speech is the cornerstone to every right we have.