As a paragon of free speech as well as a slave owner, Jefferson embodies many of the inconsistencies that have historically plagued the free speech movement since its emergence. As a result, the present-day job of protecting free speech can get ugly. Other U.S. organizations with similar missions include the James Madison Center for Free Speech in Indiana and The Tully Center for Free Speech at Syracuse University. Right-wingers have adopted the fight for free speech as their own, often battling a campus community with an intolerance for intolerance. One of the ways Hansen is working to rehabilitate Charlottesville’s faith in free speech is through a public art project called the Free Speech Wall.

Source: Huffington Post November 21, 2017 13:30 UTC