A British foreshadowing... Many American liberal academics (“liberal” is almost redundant in that phrase) point to Britain's less-than-absolute free speech as a model for the United States. They'd like to enshrine a new right: the right to not be offended. That British way has led to an absurdity that I find appalling, though I'm sure many on the left would beg to differ.
In Winchester, England, a British political candidate stood up to speak. He quoted the great British leader Winston Churchill – and was arrested. Really.
That's where we're headed. Elements of this kind of speech nannyism are already in place on American college campuses, where such a speech would be similarly banned. One more progressive on the Supreme Court and such arrests are likely to become possible here...
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