@marvin100 Thank you for that link. It appears that the article supports FIRE, (though apparently not some of the comments made by one of its founders). In fact here is a direct quote from that article:
"Even Robert Shibley, the author of the Washington Post article quoted above, would have to admit the complicity of university administrations in creating this authoritarian atmosphere. His own organization, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), has covered hundreds of cases of administrative repression, which makes his smears against student protesters doubly bizarre.
In fact, FIRE’s attorneys recently began a campaign that socialists should support, which attempts to end the practice of university administrations establishing “free-speech zones” on campuses, outside of which protest or assembly are prohibited."
I don’t know what Mr. Shipley’s up to, but everyone can support FIRE. Thanks again for the link.
I also really don’t care who donates to FIRE. I donate to a National park Foundation, and I’m pretty sure there are some real whackos that do, too. Even whackos can be right occasionally. At any rate, FIRE is extremely successful at what they do. Often, it only takes a letter from them to get a school to fix their anti-free speech policies, that’s how respected they are. But when they sue on behalf of students they almost always win.
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