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MORE CRITICISM OF U.N.C., this time from Eugene Volokh. ?Now it may well be that publishing a perso?

By Glenn Reynolds

MORE CRITICISM OF U.N.C., this time from Eugene Volokh. “Now it may well be that publishing a person’s home address is protected speech; I have so argued, and some courts agree, though there’s controversy about that. But surely publishing a group advisor’s home address — against a backdrop of criminal thuggery (albeit short of deadly violence) aimed at that group — is indeed potentially threatening. It seems to me that a professor, no less than anyone else, is entitled to respond by expressing a willingness to defend himself. . . . On top of this, leaving the group unable to function because of the faculty member’s alleged incivility — an incivility prompted by thuggishness that apparently came from the group’s enemies — seems even more unsound. If the university were really committed to preserving debate, it would make sure that the group could continue to function, rather than giving the thugs a victory.”

You’d expect better than this from U.N.C. Chancellor Holden Thorp. He hasn’t even blogged on it.

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on September 22, 2009 (boomark / email).