Is the POCC conservative? A response to recent criticisms

October 28, 2022 By Myles McKnight '23 Princeton sophomore Nate Howard recently added his voice to the string of criticisms of my group, the Princeton Open Campus Coalition (POCC). His criticism––entitled Campus Conservatives in the POCC Don’t Deserve a Monopoly on Free Speech––has the dual distinction of being the least charitable and the least compelling. October 28, 2022 4 min read

Howard claims that the POCC uses the free-speech cause as a mere fig leaf for our “culture war grievances.” The POCC, he says, is simply obsessed with “conservative outrage politics.” Of course, I am dismayed to hear that Howard feels our events are only for students who “ascribe” (sic) to conservative ideals. But this is a silly accusation. The POCC is not simply conservative (the picture is more complicated) and the criticisms Howard proffers are hopeless.
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Princeton faculty, students, and alumni join together to support free speech

For the first time on a college campus, faculty, students, and alumni have created an organization to promote and defend free speech and academic freedom on their campus.  The creation of the Princeton Free Speech Union was announced in a full page advertisement in the Princeton Daily this week,  The Princeton Free Speech Union is a coordinating body consisting of an informal coalition of faculty, a student free speech group (the Princeton Open Campus Coalition), and Princetonians for Free Speech. September 09, 2022 1 min read

For the first time on a college campus, faculty, students, and alumni have created an organization to promote and defend free speech and academic freedom on their campus.
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Freshman Orientation: A Welcome Change on Free Speech

By Stuart Taylor, Jr. and Edward Yingling September 06, 2022 3 min read

We have been quite critical of Princeton's orientation a year ago, which contained not one word about Princeton's robust free speech rule and in fact contained a section on racism at Princeton that suggested free speech is a tool for racists. We will not revisit those criticisms here.
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Eisgruber’s Claim that Free Speech Rule Protects His Subordinates’ Rights to Use Princeton’s Website and Freshman Orientation to Smear Professors as Racists

By Stuart Taylor, Jr. and Edward Yingling August 04, 2022 5 min read

By Stuart Taylor, Jr. and Edward Yingling

In short emails in July, Princeton President Christopher Eisgruber spurned a distinguished professor's plea to take seriously the letter and spirit of Princeton's free speech rule. 

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FREE SPEECH FOR PRINCETON BUREAUCRATS, BUT NOT FOR FACULTY OR STUDENTS

By Stuart Taylor, Jr. and Edward L. Yingling -- co-founders of Princetonians for Free Speech It is critical to understand that the controversy over Princeton University’s recklessly false, continuing, institutional reviling of Professor Joshua Katz as a racist since early 2021 is about much, much more than the fate of a single professor. April 26, 2022 8 min read

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FREE SPEECH FOR PRINCETON BUREAUCRATS, BUT NOT FOR FACULTY OR STUDENTS

By Stuart Taylor, Jr. and Edward L. Yingling, Co-founders of Princetonians for Free Speech April 26, 2022 8 min read

By Stuart Taylor, Jr. and Edward L. Yingling, Co-founders of Princetonians for Free Speech

It is critical to understand that the controversy over Princeton University’s recklessly false, continuing, institutional reviling of Professor Joshua Katz as a racist since early 2021 is about much, much more than the fate of a single professor.

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