My old professor in 2011 said he'd rather get shouted down than see a speaker banned, and that stuck with me

Margaret Rivera · 2026-09-30T06:30:02.649654+00:00

We were in his office at Ohio State after a campus group tried to stop a controversial speaker from coming, and he told me "the answer to bad speech is more speech, not a locked door." Now every time I see a speaker get cancelled or a protest shut one down, I think about that 20 minute talk. Has anyone else had a mentor change how they see this stuff?

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My old professor in 2011 said he'd rather get shouted down than see a speaker banned, and that stuck with me | College Speaker Controversies - Discusd