Campus censorship machine comes back to bite progressives

Fancy that. Columbia University’s speech restrictions, which were ramped up after 2020 in the name of diversity, equity and inclusion, are now being used to silence Left-wing protesters.

Efforts to quash “hateful” and “far-Right” speech have bewilderingly led to crackdowns on “ideas that are not inherently hateful” — including the “from the river to the sea” chant — according to a new Vox piece which urges progressives to reclaim the value of free speech. “Protecting radical dissent requires tolerating Right-wing speech,” the author begrudgingly acknowledges.

In years past, Vox has repeatedly scoffed at the idea that the free speech rights of conservatives are under attack on campus, a popular argument during the Trump years. But as the Left falls victim to campus censorship, the issue is now suddenly all too real. Maybe free speech has a future after all.