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Speech Narcisissm Impairs Free Speech in America, Says UA Legal Scholar

courtesy: Danielle Weatherby

The evolution of the 1960s free speech movement has taken an extreme turn, says University of Arkansas associate law professor Danielle Weatherby. She's coauthored a forthcoming Florida Law Review article titled "Speech Narcisissm," which examines impairment of free speech along a spectrum, from the shunning of political correctness by the Trump administration to university student exceptionalism.

Jacqueline Froelich is an investigative reporter and news producer for Ozarks at Large.