The Eternally Radical Idea with Greg Lukianoff

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The situation for free speech in Europe is even worse than I thought
A look at censorship in the EU and the UK, and why the U.S. must not do the same
 • Greg Lukianoff
Abigail Shrier versus the Perfect Rhetorical Fortress
Launching ERI’s book review with the most important read of the year
 • Greg Lukianoff
The mental health consequences of social justice fundamentalism
Data shows that the farther left you lean, the more anxious, depressed, and unhappy you are
 • Greg Lukianoff and Andrea Honeycutt
Professor Mike Adams’ suicide still haunts me
The consequences of Cancel Culture can be more dire than we think
 • Greg Lukianoff
Is Higher Education even interested in reform?
A new featured article by the AAUP calls viewpoint diversity anathema to academic freedom. Where to even begin?
 • Greg Lukianoff, Samuel J. Abrams, and Adam Goldstein
Men are more tolerant of the other side than women are of their own
New FIRE survey data provides useful insight into the drivers of Cancel Culture on college campuses and beyond
 • Chapin Lenthall-Cleary
Five things to remember as the Mahmoud Khalil case develops
The story is still developing and it’s complicated, but there are still concrete lessons to learn here.
 • Greg Lukianoff and Robert Shibley
The fall of the AAUP
Before accusing FIRE of dishonesty, partisanship, and ideological capture, they should really look in the mirror.
 • Greg Lukianoff
My First Amendment concerns with ‘The Anxious Generation’
I love and respect my friend and co-author Jonathan Haidt, but I don’t always agree with him.
 • Greg Lukianoff
Bias reporting systems were a nightmare on campus — and now they’re everywhere
Neighbors reporting neighbors for speech that is protected under the First Amendment is textbook totalitarianism, and it must not be tolerated
 • Greg Lukianoff
Why the ‘words are violence’ argument needs to die
The response to the attempted Trump assassination proves that Cancel Culture is real — and that ‘speech = violence’ is bullshit
 • Greg Lukianoff
Footnotes to the recent New York Times piece on FIRE
And a response to Jason Stanley’s claim that the crisis on campus for the last 10 years has been a “moral panic”
 • Greg Lukianoff
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