The Triad
"Free Speech" and Consequences
1. Fork Around, Find Out
Many people are sympathetic to the plight of Ilya Shapiro, the conservative lawyer who lost a job he hadn’t yet started at Georgetown, then got it back, and then quit it in a huff, all because he tweeted something offensive.
Jonathan Chait has the most compelling argument in Shapiro’s defense:
Everybody supports free…
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