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Episode 205: Greg Lukianoff at FreedomFest 2009: "Unlearning Liberty
FIRE President Greg Lukianoff delivered an engaging and enlightening speech at FreedomFest in Las Vegas. Greg noted in particular the negative influence of excessive political correctness, a bureaucracy of administrators themselves uneducated in liberty, the increased reliance on a "risk management" approach to student conduct, and excessive fear of litigation as contributing factors in the repression of individual rights on college campuses today.
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