There are a couple interesting tests of our National love of Freedom of Speech on my radar screen this week. They’re remarkably similar, but my reaction to them is viscerally different, so I thought them worth comparing:
First, there’s the tale of a professor at a University of Wisconsin outpost who got called down for a poster from the sci-fi series, Firefly, emblazoned with the quote:
“You don’t know me, son, so let me explain this to you once: If I ever kill you, you’ll be awake. You’ll be facing me. And you’ll be armed.”
Campus cops removed the poster citing potentially violent interpretations — and did the same with a followup that read:
“Warning: Fascism … Fascism can cause blunt head trauma and/or violent death. Keep fascism away from children and pets.”
This has created a firestorm among the FOS crowd. While I’d typically be lighting the torches for them, I don’t have an ounce of sympathy for the professor in question. But more on that presently…
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