free speech

Protesters Barred From Jeff Sessions Free Speech Lecture

Empty seats pockmarked the Georgetown University auditorium where U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions spoke Tuesday about free speech on college campuses, but a hundred students protesting outside the venue said they were denied entry.
Early on in the 35-minute event, the former Alabama senator emphasized that the First Amendment protects everyone from student protesters to professional athletes.

It’s Time to Stop Pretending ‘Free Speech’ Rallies Are Actually About Free Speech

(TFC Op-ed) — As white supremacists of all sorts rebrand, they still cling to the concept of “free speech rallies”. Do you notice how they don’t invite groups opposed to them to speak? Do you notice all of the speakers are of the alt-right or alt-light variety? Do you notice the blatant racism? The rallies aren’t about free speech. They never were. They’re about getting stupid people to defend them and to side with them based on a buzzword.