Harvard professor sees 'great irony' in Berkeley chancellor being 'opposed to free speech'

Harvard psychology professor Steven Pinker doesn’t believe that universities and “free speech” go hand-in-hand these days:

Why are university administrators (@Berkeley, no less, home of Free Spch movement) so clueless about free speech? http://t.co/SLj7igfOT0

— Steven Pinker (@sapinker) September 10, 2014

The great irony- universities are the most powerful institutions opposed to free speech on principle- http://t.co/m5RcRR6MUN via @WSJ

— Steven Pinker (@sapinker) September 10, 2014

Prof. Pinker was specifically referencing a message Berkeley Chancellor Nicholas Dirks sent to university faculty that the Wall Street Journal referred to as “at best a lukewarm defense” of First Amendment rights.

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