Professor Mark Grabowski helped promote Free Speech Week by writing about the importance of free speech in his monthly, nationally syndicated newspaper column. In addition, CubReporters.org, a popular journalism website founded and maintained by Grabowski, was an official partner of the 12th annual national event, which aims to "to raise public awareness of the importance of free speech in our democracy."
As a journalism & media law professor who's also worked as a First Amendment lawyer and as a political journalist, Grabowski is a staunch supporter of free speech -- even when it involves protecting unpopular speech he doesn't personally agree with.
"Free speech exists only when we're willing to defend the rights of people whose views we profoundly disagree with," Grabowski wrote in his column, which was published is more than 50 newspapers from New York to California. "Fostering an environment that's accepting of a wide range of contrarian, unconventional and sometimes offensive viewpoints is essential to actual liberty – especially as the United States grows more pluralistic."
Watch Grabowski's video lecture on freedom of speech online below:
As a journalism & media law professor who's also worked as a First Amendment lawyer and as a political journalist, Grabowski is a staunch supporter of free speech -- even when it involves protecting unpopular speech he doesn't personally agree with.
"Free speech exists only when we're willing to defend the rights of people whose views we profoundly disagree with," Grabowski wrote in his column, which was published is more than 50 newspapers from New York to California. "Fostering an environment that's accepting of a wide range of contrarian, unconventional and sometimes offensive viewpoints is essential to actual liberty – especially as the United States grows more pluralistic."
Watch Grabowski's video lecture on freedom of speech online below:
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