The Left used to pride itself on “speaking truth to power,” but now that it has power, we find that it’s eager to suppress voices of those who disagree with it.

That’s nowhere more true than on college campuses, where “progressive” students and faculty have learned that if they complain loudly enough, they can usually prevent ideas they dislike from being heard. Fortunately, a resistance movement is building, and in today’s Martin Center article, Wenyuan Wu writes about it.

How bad are things? She gives this astounding case:

Though examples of the phenomenon are too numerous to recount, one anecdote and two data points are worth mentioning here. Last September, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) canceled a guest science lecture by University of Chicago professor Dorian Abbot due to his support for merit-based college admissions. Even though Abbot had been expected to deliver a lecture on atmospheric and planetary sciences, his critics labeled his views on affirmative action “infuriating,” “inappropriate,” and “oppressive”—fatal ideological stains accentuated by Abbot’s being “white.”

Such instances have sparked the creation of Free Speech Alliance chapters at a growing number of schools, including MIT. They consist of alums, students, faculty members, and others who want to keep our campuses from becoming ideological monocultures.

Perhaps your school has one and if so, why not support it? If not, why not start a chapter?

She nails the truth in saying, “More importantly, colleges and universities will be doing young Americans a huge disservice by deciding for them which speeches are appropriate on campuses and filtering the variety of opinions available using subjective tools. “

The Left wants people with closed minds, true believers in its vision of a tightly controlled, egalitarian state. Let’s not let that happen.