Canceling Free Speech

A woman stomps on a free speech sign at the University of California–Berkeley on Sept. 24, 2017. Josh Edelson/AFP/Getty Images

Commentary

People make mistakes. They say things that are poorly worded and wrong and stupid. But whether it’s a slip of the tongue or a genuinely repugnant belief, the rest of us have to ask, “Do we believe in free speech or not?”