Letter to the Editor: Free speech on college campus shouldn’t be silenced

It used to be that the First Amendment was enough. Folks understood that everyone had a right to express their opinion as long as it did not incite violence. Universities once prided themselves on intellectual free thought. No longer. 

Our universities have paid employees whose job is to enforce cultural norms – that means they police incorrect speech. Administrators claim that there are no “free speech zones” or “safe spaces,” but right on university web pages it said exactly that – until they were caught. Even comedians will no longer play college campuses because of the oppressive politically correct culture. 

What is going on here? I don’t think the best solution is for legislative intervention, but for everyone to understand their civil rights and for university administrators to respect them. Until university administrators are held accountable for respecting the civil rights of everyone, there will be no free speech on campus.

Spencer Wrightsman

Brandon