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Free speech is for losers

Greg Lukianoff on why defending expression always means standing up for the unpopular.

Why is free speech losing ground? From crackdowns on immigrants, protesters, and law firms to campus speech codes, social-media “jawboning,” and government pressure — we’re witnessing the erosion of free-speech culture that once defined American democracy.

Greg Lukianoff is the president of the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE), a fr…

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