Tag Archives: free speech

UWSP Reviews Free Speech Research Project Results

In early February, faculty, staff and students reviewed the statewide results of the Free Speech Research Project, a survey governed by the UW system administration and carried out by the Wisconsin Institute for Public Policy and Service last November. The Free Speech Research Project was given to 10,000 students across the UW system campuses last November, asking them things such ... Read More »

To Speech His Own

The phrase “sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me” might need some updating after recent outrage on college campuses. Earlier this month protests turned to riots when Breitbart senior editor and self-proclaimed troll, Milo Yiannopoulos, was asked to speak on campus by the University of California-Berkeley’s College Republicans. Apprehension from the student body was ... Read More »

Time to Stop Rush Limbaugh’s Bigotry

Last week, right-wing radio show host Rush Limbaugh referred to Georgetown law student Sandra Fluke as a “slut” and “prostitute,” adding that her advocacy of birth control meant she wanted the “taxpayer to pay for her to have sex,” as she was “having too much sex.”   Limbaugh, a syndicated bigot who uses violent rhetoric to promote the agenda of ... Read More »