Option 1: Click the link below & read about an administrator who gravely misunderstands the “heckler’s veto”

Option 2: Continue reading for a story about an autistic student banned from class for saying she’s not a “snowflake.” 0/7
.@Portland_State graduate student Lindy Treece said “I’m going to accept the results of the election no matter what because I’m not a snowflake” in a social work class. When she finished these words, she was muted, her camera shut off, AND THEN... 1/7
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...the prof told her she could only return to class if she agreed not to use “derogatory” language.

Lindy replied that she could NOT & argued that what’s “derogatory'' is subjective & as an autistic person, she’s often unaware how people will be impacted before she speaks. 2/7
And BREAKING NEWS: Lindy found pro-bono counsel who sent a letter to PSU, & secured her return to class, without having to agree to broad prior restraint.

It’s still a good opportunity to mention some things I’ve learned about academic freedom & #freespeech on campus. 3/7
As @primalpoly noted in a 2017 article & @freespeechtalk, speech codes “impose impossible expectations on the social sensitivity, cultural awareness, verbal precision, & self-control of many neurodivergent people.” 4/7
quillette.com/2017/07/18/neu…

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Especially at elite schools, speech codes half-knowingly enforce rules of politeness written by the upper class. The truth is, speech codes, even those passed in the name of diversity, don’t deal very well with many kinds of diversity, including cultural & neurodiversity. 5/7
While I personally dislike the term “snowflake,” it’s hardly on the fringes of protected speech, let alone using it when referring to oneself! If that’s considered beyond the pale by this professor, it’s hard to imagine what kind of speech is allowed. 6/7

Finally, please check out this unfortunately eternally relevant thread of resources for readers concerned about threats to free speech or facing “cancellation” themselves.
Please share our case submission page with any student who might be in need! 7/7

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5 Nov
It’s a week about choices! Either click the link below to read my response to a bizarre claim that I/@TheFIREorg only care about the speech of my “wealthy friends,” OR continue reading to learn about the oft-misunderstood heckler’s veto! 0/5

Today, the inimitable @AdGo writes for my blog on one of the worst misunderstandings of a #freespeech concept (in this case, the heckler’s veto) I’ve ever seen from a university administrator — which is REALLY saying something. 1/5

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THREAD about time travel: A common misconception is that time travel is either impossible or the technology is so far in the future as is to be irrelevant. This is actually not the case. 1/8
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I know, I know, hear me out... 1/4

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Taylor Swift has always been a strong songwriter with a special talent for storytelling. Folklore takes it to the next level, with her collaboration with @aaron_dessner of @TheNational, one of my favorite bands of the last 15 years. Give it a chance. 2/4

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It covers everything from Stan Lee and Jack Kirby's strained relationship, the moral panic over comics of the '50s, to the tragic untimely death of the great John Verpooten. 3/4

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I haven’t written the review yet, but this month’s Prestigious Ashurbanipal Award goes to @DavidAFrench's Divided We Fall! 1/5

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I was surprised & choked up by the shout out to me & @TheFIREorg!

"One of my favorite people in all of the [US] is my liberal civil libertarian friend Greg Lukianoff. Greg is the president of [FIRE], one of the last truly non-partisan civil liberties [orgs] in the [US]." 2/5
David is indeed one of my favorite people as well & I learned so much from working with him. FIRE tries to model genuine viewpoint diversity internally & I have learned endless lessons from working with smart, thoughtful folks on the other side of the political spectrum. 3/5
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The “Bedrock Principle”: The idea that you must not ban something simply because it is offensive is one of the most fundamental elements of freedom of speech & First Amendment law. 1/20
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When I first launched this blog earlier this year, I promised that one thing I would do was create a “modular argument” for freedom of speech.

My first blog post was part of that modular argument. 2/20

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The "pure informational theory of #freespeech", (that it's always best to know what people really think), & my "lab in the looking glass" metaphor are two key components of my idiosyncratic view on freedom of speech. 3/20
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MEA CULPA! I am embarrassed to admit I had the publication date of my book with @JonHaidt wrong! It actually came out on Sep 4, 2018, which means FRIDAY is its second anniversary. 1/4

I thought it was Aug 20, &, in my defense, the paperback came out on Aug 20, 2019, & I’m also pretty sure Aug 20 was the original intended release date of the hardcover. 2/4

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BIG thanks to everybody who tweeted about the 2nd anniversary of the book including @JohnHMcWhorter, @DavidAFrench, @asymmetricinfo,
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