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TV Critic Glenn Garvin Calls Evil by its Name: Dave Barry
Miami Herald television critic of FIRE鈥檚 recent case at Marquette University, where an administrator removed a quote from comedian (read: Evil Incarnate) Dave Barry that a graduate student had posted on his office door. Garvin came down squarely against the raw tyranny of freedom of expression and against the 鈥減ractically unfathomable evil of Dave Barry.鈥 On the of the Miami Herald, Garvin lauds the bravery of the 鈥渉eroic Anti-Dave Freedom Fighters of Marquette University,鈥 especially 鈥淭hought Police Chief James South,鈥 chair of the Marquette philosophy department, whose quick thinking saved Marquette University from becoming 鈥渟ome anarchic hellhole where people can just go around saying what they think.鈥 Garvin rightly calls 蜜桃直播 to the mat for being a 鈥渟ubversive group鈥 for attempting to undercut South鈥檚 efforts to defend the innocent eyes of Marquette philosophy students.
FIRE will continue to fight for freedom of speech, even when speech is unpopular, even when it is offensive, and even when it contains the words of Dave Barry. (And thanks to Garvin for a riotously funny read!)
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