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VIDEO: 'Feds Push Insane New Speech Codes!' Greg on ReasonTV
Lots of people are (rightly) concerned about the new speech code “blueprint” that the Departments of Education and Justice set down last week. In the latest coverage of this dangerous federal mandate, Reason’s Matt Welch sat down with FIRE President Greg Lukianoff to ask why exactly this letter is so bad. Greg’s answer? “It is so broad that it turns every single student and every single faculty member on campus, at least arguably, into harassers.” Check out the video below and on Reason.com!
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