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FIREon Bloomberg and Tufts in ‘The Huffington Post’
Popular website ‘The Huffington Post’ has published to New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg authored by FIREPresident Greg Lukianoff. Mayor Bloomberg’s recent at Tufts University praised Tufts for its supposed commitment to free speech—when, in fact, Tufts has recently punished the very students Bloomberg cites for publishing a parody of affirmative action policies and a satirical advertisement critical of Islam. In the letter, FIREinforms Bloomberg that “it appears you have been badly misled by the Tufts administration concerning the university’s respect for free speech in the incident you mentioned.â€
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