ANALYSIS/OPINION:

Having taught at the University of California, Berkeley many years ago, I know exactly where last Tuesdays riots occurred, as I crossed Sproul Plaza regularly (Trump floats cutting off federal funds after Berkeley riots, Web, Feb. 2). Further, as a very, very old-fashioned liberal, I believe that the true heart of a high-quality liberal arts education is exposure to and engagement with a wide variety of ideas covering all points of view.

While it is laughable to imagine Governor Moonbeam cutting state funds over the denial of free speech to anyone to the right of over-the-edge left, any other old-fashioned liberals out there ought to support the threat of the cutting of federal funds for the denial of free speech as a matter of principle. Remember Skokie and the also-very-old fashioned American Civil Liberties Union.

GORDON E. FINLEY

Professor of psychology emeritus

Florida International University

Miami

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Free speech for all, not just some - Washington Times