Earlier this month, Princeton professor Robert George’s appearance at Washington College provided yet another example of what’s known as the “heckler’s veto.”
America is experiencing two disturbing simultaneous trends: the rise of mob censorship to shut down speaking events on college campuses, and an attempt to justify it as merely the exercise of “more speech.”
FIRE warned the University of New Mexico in 2017 about imposing exorbitant event security fees on student groups, but six years later, UNM is reportedly at it again.
FIRE is seeking additional accountability from San Francisco State administrators after former NCAA swimmer Riley Gaines faced substantial disruption last week.