The Heckler's Veto
The United States Supreme Court calls it "the heckler's veto": free speech being outlawed for fear someone might react adversely to it. The attack on free speech in America is growing at an alarming rate. Over the past several weeks, several stories have been thrust to the forefront as political correctness gone a muck moves to stifle freedom of expression, the bedrock of our system. Even more alarming, these incidents are happening in our schools where impressionable children are being taught that correct speech is more important than free speech. The problem is simple: who determines what is correct speech. The most widely reported story is the Condoleezza Rice incident at Rutgers. Former Secretary of State Rice withdrew from her participation in commencement ceremonies at the taxpayer supported state university of New Jersey after a bunch of left wing thugs stormed the Chancellor's office demanding that the "war criminal" be banned from spea...