In a Feb. 26th column headed “Ayers gag bid unfunny – and un-American” Jeff Hawkes states “…there’s no place for suppressing even the most repugnant speaker. Ignore him. Denounce him. But uphold his right to have his say.”
He criticizes seven Lancaster County state legislators for a letter calling upon Millersville University’s president to cancel William Ayers talk.
He asks “Since when does the possibility that people might be offended trump the right of a university to engage a speaker? Or an author to write a book? Or a blogger to speak his mind?..That happens as a direct consequence of something Americans say they value: freedom.”
WATCHDOG: Two wags of the tail. The Intell can fill its front page with display ads so long as they publish columns like that!
