Arrr, matey! 2024 be a stormy seas for free speech! Let’s hoist the sails for a jollier 2025, aye!
2024-12-31
Arrr, matey! The landlubbers o' academia be chokin' on their own words more than a fish with a hook! It be worse than a scallywag's breath, four times fouler than the days when McCarthy ruled the waves! Set sail for free speech, or ye’ll be walkin’ the plank!
Ahoy, mateys! It be said that this year, 2024, be the most abominable for free speech on our hallowed campuses, makin’ it a record low in the annals of educational mischief! Aye, the fine folks at the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) be documentin’ the treacherous tides of censorship, and by thunder, 157 attempts to silence speech have been logged, surpassin’ last year’s measly count of 156!As the salty winds blow, we find Georgetown University stealin’ the crown for the most attempts, with a staggering 43. Harvard be trailin’ close behind, and it seems like every ship in the fleet is caught in this storm of deplatformin’. From art exhibits be covered in curtains to panel discussions bein’ drowned out by rowdy scallywags, the whole affair be a grand calamity!
But beware, ye landlubbers! Even the noble faculty be feelin' the pinch of self-censorship four times worse than during the dreaded McCarthy days. Yet, there be a glimmer of hope on the horizon: some fine universities are startin’ to toss aside their political shackles and embrace the winds of free speech once more! So hoist the sails, for 2025 may yet bring fairer seas for expression in our beloved halls of learnin’! Arrr!