Supporting Free Speech and Countering Antisemitism on American College Campuses
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Coauthor David L. Bernstein and I spend a fair amount of space recounting examples of antisemitic campus activity that did not involve protected speech, such as vandalism, classroom and library disruptions, threats, one-on-one verbal harassment, assault, and more. Some readers of the draft paper questioned why a paper on free speech and antisemitism talking about things that don’t constitute free speech.
A major reason for doing so is that David L. and I saw that many commentators were portraying the complaints about antisemitism on campus and the antidiscrimination obligations of universities under Title VI as if these complaints solely or primarily revolved around controversial political speech such as “From the R
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