article_snippet: Censors overstepping their bounds is no surprise.
article_snippet: What surprises me is how readily the public supported the expulsions, and how many supposedly intelligent people were willing to turn the First Amendment on the First Amendment head, because of nine seconds of video.
article_snippet: Of course, some say that these were more than "offensive.
article_snippet: But was that really a threat?  
article_snippet: To call it a threat is disingenuous.
article_snippet: If it crosses the line into action, or even imminent incitement to action, that's another story.
article_snippet: Once, speech in favor of racial equality was considered to be "bad speech.
article_snippet: Once, professors were kicked off campus for not being "anti-gay enough.