"The Natural Expression of a Worldview"

"But what does the episode tell us? It does not show that the Constitutional right to freedom of speech faces a serious threat. The proceedings against Kipnis were dropped, and it's impossible to imagine that a court could have sustained any formal sanctions against her on the basis of writing an op-ed column, because of, you know, the First Amendment.
"What's important, rather, is that Kipnis’s antagonists believe that she deserves to be punished by the university administration for writing a column they didn't like."


Jonathan Chait at New York reacts to the controversy regarding Laura Kipnis at Northwestern University.