Frederick Douglass once said, “To suppress free speech is a double wrong. It violates the rights of the hearer as well as those of the speaker.” That’s why “censorship” isn’t really the right word for what’s happening here. People aren’t banning speakers from speaking; they can go speak elsewhere. They’re preventing their fellow students from hearing the ideas. Students pay a lot of money for the privilege of being in a place that expands their intellectual horizons, and SJF idea supremacy robs students of a critical element of their college experience.
