There is an interesting free speech fight brewing at the University of California Berkeley Law School after nine student groups banned any speakers that support Israel or Zionism. The controversy raises a conflict between anti-discrimination policies and free speech. Various groups have denounced the policy as antisemitic and note that the school would not tolerate groups imposing a racial exclusion on speakers. What is interesting is that these liberal groups are asserting an analogous free speech right invoked by bakers, web designers, and others who have refused services to same-sex weddings. What is particularly concerning is the use of the common claim that free speech is harmful.

Source: Forbes October 02, 2022 01:40 UTC