I follow L. D. Burnett, who is a history professor at Collin College both on twitter and at this blog. Her background might surprise some of her right wing critics. She's more vocal about her opposition to Trump and his administration than I, which recently caused the Collin president to criticize a tweet of hers. Links are at the end of her post here.
What was different to me was that FIRE jumped in to her defense. I've been only vaguely aware of FIRE; I knew it opposes speech codes in college, but thought of them as defending conservatives. Turns out they adhere to principle, even when it involves someone on the left. As someone who joined the ACLU at the time of Skokie I need to recognize their stand.
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