Radical Speech: Dave Barry Talks About Politically Correct Campuses

Dave Barry, Pulitzer Prize-winning humor columnist and author of more than 30 books, is no stranger to critics trying to censor his writing. The nationally syndicated humorist has written some of our nations funniest columns—and with the First Amendment on his side, hes been winning the battle for free speech for over 25 years. This new video from FIRE features Barry discussing why freedom of expression is important to him and how todays politically correct college campuses are creating a culture of censorship that stifles humor writing and the opinions of millions of students across the country.

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[alvintownsend]

Great video. Great points. But *please* next time get rid of the music when people are speaking. It's distracting and reduces the focus on the speaker and his words. Thanks.

[TheFIREorg]

Thanks for the feedback, @alvintownsend. We'll keep that in mind for our next video.

[safeshark]

The funny thing is that "liberalism" used to stand for maximum individual rights and liberty. Look it up on Wikipedia. But over time, in the US it has somehow come to mean censorship, government coercion and wealth redistribution, all of which fly in the face of our Founders' beliefs.

Our founders WERE liberals. But now, the name has been stolen, and you get to choose between the Democrats (fake liberals) and Republicans (fake conservatives), who both seem to hate liberty and individual rights.

[mmr11027]

@TheFIREorg Not only is the music distracting, but that scratching record noise when someone says something mildly surprising? Awful! When will people learn how clichéd that is?

[halofable574]

He is fucking hilarious

[Ebareebaveebeedee]

" Our founders WERE liberals"

Not toward blacks.

[boiledelephant]

Funfact: in Britain, university faculty members *can* be fired for voicing untoward beliefs in the course of their job.

Nobody seems to regard it as a bad thing, or as hypocritical, either. I can't quite get past that.

[SlovenskyRaj]

Oh Postmodernism. Healthy and unhealthy.

[jek21]

Dave Barry is awesome. I loved his work when I was younger.

[thearbiter221]

its a violation of freedom of the press

[SpookeyR]

@gung: If you don't care what other ppl say then why are you spreading this bogeyman in the closet conspiracy theory here on YT??

But, then again you were homeschooled. No wonder you are retarded!

[SpookeyR]

@gung: You are spreading a developmentally stunted, fear & hate mongering, tinfoil hat-wearing, conspiracy theory by saying that your holier than thou psycho-religious conservative belief system(s) are the most mocked by the media. That is just another defense of the idea that there are only two political belief systems in the world; right and wrong, and "If you're not with us, you're against us!"