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Robert P. George
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1/ Friends of civil liberty-right and left-need to stand up to the speech police-right or left-who would forbid people saying what they believe or compel their saying what they don't believe. "Teacher refused to sign pro-Israel oath, so she lost her job": interc.pt/2BqhEpu
2/ People are commenting that speech policing happens on the left too. Yes! Of course it does. I noted that in my tweet. There are people
3/ on both sides who do it & rationalize their support for it. They condemn people on the other side for doing it while doing it themselves.
4/ That's WHY friends of civil liberty across the spectrum must stand together against compelled speech etc. no matter who demands it. And
5/ no matter how it is "justified" (i.e., rationalized).
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1/ I have a proposal for all people who understand the vital importance of freedom of thought and expression to truth-seeking and democracy.
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1/ The 1st Amendment protects free speech for everyone. It protects the President's critics. It protects the President himself. It protects his defenders. All should exercise their free speech right responsibly, but it is protected even when they exercise it irresponsibly.
2/ Whether we're talking about college campuses or the broader society, the way to deal with speech we disapprove of, or regard as biased or unfair or otherwise irresponsible, it to criticize it--exercising our own free speech rights. We should not try to silence the other guy.
3/ The right to freedom of speech was hard won and could easily be lost. Its importance to truth-seeking and democracy is underappreciated. We take it too much for granted. It must be defended, whether assaults on it come from the left or the right, from academics or politicians.
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2/ Fred Greenstein preached and practiced the highest standards of scholarship. If one made a factual claim, he wanted evidence. If one drew an inference, he expected its logical warrant to be produced. His demands for rigor, precision, and proof massively benefited his students.
3/ Fred Greenstein's book on Eisenhower's "hidden hand" presidency made him something of an academic celebrity--which he both enjoyed and wore lightly. What interested him most was what made the presidents he studied tick and what shaped their styles of leadership.
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