Free speech is no longer free. Emboldened by phrases such as “hate crimes,” “bullying,” “extremism” and “microaggressions,” the government is whittling away at free speech, confining it to carefully constructed “free speech zones,” criminalizing it when it skates too close to challenging the status quo, shaming it when it butts up against politically correct ideals, and muzzling it when it appears dangerous.
By Amanda Szulc, Opinion ContributorChicagoans were promised that criminal-justice reform would make the system fairer without sacrificing safety. Instead, too many residents are discovering what happens when ideology...
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