Writing at Forbes on Thursday, American Council of Trustees and Alumni President Michael B. Poliakoff highlighted a federal bill meant to shore up free speech protections on America’s college campuses. A Philadelphia Statement signatory, Poliakoff writes that while federal action could result in some positive changes, the real need is for an internalization of “the value of debate, discussion, and respectful disagreement.”
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As an initial Philadelphia Statement signatory, R Street Institute President Eli Lehrer shared the Statement in full at his organization’s website.
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Efforts to protect people from harm and error now marginalize and even demonize others for unpopular opinions, warns a new statement urging a revival of civil engagement and conscientious respects for the convictions of others
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More than 40 prominent scholars, freedom advocates, and policy experts released a public statement Tuesday affirming the necessity of free speech and civil discourse, while denouncing cancel culture, "hate speech" labelling, and other forms of ideological blacklisting.
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With its president John Stonestreet joining the list of initial signatories, the Colson Center for Christian Worldview promoted The Philadelphia Statement to its network starting Wednesday. “With ideological opponents cancelling one another,” the Colson Center wrote online, “the time has come to remember our culture’s first principles.” Focus on the Family is also promoting the Statement and calling on viewers to join the growing list of signers.
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Writing at The College Fix on Wednesday, associate editor Greg Piper underscored The Philadelphia Statement’s denunciation of “self-appointed speech arbiters” that make up the foundations of today’s cancel culture. Piper’s piece also highlights signatories Peter Boghossian and James Lindsay, whose “grievance studies” publishing project exposed a preference for ideological conformity over academic rigor within the academy.
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Though cancel culture extends well beyond the boundaries of religious belief, there’s no shortage of examples where anti-religious bigotry has led to the bullying and censorship of people of faith. Coverage of The Philadelphia Statement by the Catholic News Agency highlighted this alarming trend, pointing to three specific examples, including one that has taken place this summer.
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Asserting that cancel culture has put freedom of expression in crisis, a statement initially signed by 46 prominent individuals from universities, think tanks, and other organizations asserts that expressing "ideas we find offensive is not an act of violence."
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Marking the official launch of a renewed, ongoing movement committed to free speech and civil discourse, Newsweek published in full The Philadelphia Statement on Tuesday morning. As a call to all Americans to preserve the freedom of speech and open discourse and debate, the Statement debuted with more than 40 prominent scholars, legal experts and religious leaders representing a wide spectrum of beliefs. The Statement affirms the necessity of free speech and civil discourse, while denouncing cancel culture, hate-speech labelling, and other forms of ideological blacklisting.
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At National Review, Stanley Kurtz, senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, calls on readers to join initial signatories like he and fellow National Review writer Kevin Williamson in standing for free expression by signing The Philadelphia Statement.
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