For starters: What would qualify as a commitment to free speech, and who would get to decide?
Conservative activists cheered loudly and applauded when President Trump announced Saturday that he would make federal funding for universities contingent on support for free speech.
A White House official said Monday that there were no further announcements at this time, referring questions back to the president’s remarks Saturday. If U.C. Berkeley does not allow free speech and practices violence on innocent people with a different point of view – NO FEDERAL FUNDS? “In the last year alone, this University spent more than $4 million to ensure that our conservative students could safely and successfully hold events on campus and invite speakers of their choice to these events,” university officials wrote, including a list of prominent conservative speakers who had been hosted by campus groups without protest or incident. The school’s chancellor, Carol Christ, had told the campus, “Our commitment to freedom of expression and belief is unwavering.
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