NYT’s Fuller’s Bizarre Take on First Amendment at Berkeley: ‘Can Cause Physical Pain’

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The New York Times’ Thomas Fuller filed from Berkeley, former home of the Free Speech Movement, which has devolved into headquarters for violent leftist speech-squelchers. Fuller, a journalist, offered some disturbing ambivalence about the whole First Amendment thing, a tone evident in the headline: “Let Right-Wing Speakers Come to Berkeley? Faculty Is Divided.” It’s a pattern at the Times, with recent pieces suggesting free speech was merely a “canard” used by right-wing racists.

The California-based Fuller talked to a professor at Berkley, originally from Germany who was among many professors canceling classes “ahead of a series of scheduled appearances by right-wing speakers next week in the latest round of Berkeley’s free speech wars”:

“It’s just not safe to hold class,” Professor Wehrheim said. “This is not about free speech. These people are coming here to pick a fight.”

Berkeley, which has become during the Trump presidency an ideological battleground in the national debate over free speech on college campuses, is bracing for several days of disruption when a group of conservative speakers is set to appear on campus as part of an event billed “Free Speech Week.” READ MORE

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