There's No Free Speech Crisis on Campus, So Please Shut Up About It

Guys, it's a free speech joke.by Rich SmithThere are a number of crises facing our college campuses. The unpopularity of free speech protections isn't one of them. David McNew / GETTY
For the last year or so, columnists have been using anecdotes to support extremely broad claims about the state of free speech on campus. The argument typically goes something like this: Today's radical college "leftists" employ the very fascistic tactics they decry. They shout down speakers they don't agree with a