▁for ▁the ▁Conserv ative ▁publication ▁National ▁Review ▁in ▁an ▁article ▁titled ▁" If ▁You ’ re ▁Go ing ▁to ▁O pp ose ▁Free ▁Spe ech , ▁Please ▁Do ▁It ▁Pro per ly ," ▁wrote ▁that ▁Van ▁Norden ' s ▁piece ▁is ▁a ▁continu ation ▁of ▁the ▁Left ' s ▁dis soci ation ▁from ▁the ▁tradition ▁of ▁classical ▁liberal ism ▁of ▁which ▁John ▁Stuart ▁Mill ▁is ▁a ▁part . ▁Warner ▁arg ues ▁that ▁Van ▁Norden ▁makes ▁the ▁distinction ▁that ▁while ▁Mill ▁invoked ▁free ▁speech ▁to ▁argue ▁for ▁un pop ular ▁Progress ive ▁ideas ▁such ▁as ▁abol ition ▁of ▁sla very ▁and ▁women ' s ▁suff rage , ▁that ▁today ▁free ▁speech ▁is ▁invoked ▁to ▁suppress ▁progress ive ▁ideas ▁and ▁to ▁s atur ate ▁aud ien ces ▁with ▁conserv ative ▁ones . ▁This , ▁according ▁to ▁Warner , ▁demonstr ates ▁that ▁the ▁Left ▁of ▁today ▁is ▁not ▁committed ▁to ▁free ▁speech ▁as ▁a ▁formal ▁principle ▁the ▁way ▁that ▁classical ▁liber als ▁are ▁and ▁the ▁way ▁the ▁Right ▁is ▁today . ▁W inst on ▁Smith ▁wrote ▁a ▁blog ▁post ▁on ▁his ▁blog ▁Phil os or apt or ▁titled : ▁" B ry an ▁W . ▁Van ▁Norden : ▁The ▁Ign or ant ▁Do ▁Not ▁Have ▁A ▁Right ▁To ▁An ▁A udi ence ." ▁In ▁his ▁blog ▁post ▁Smith ▁express es ▁the ▁opinion ▁that ▁Van ▁Norden ▁is ▁anti ▁free ▁speech , ▁and ▁that ▁his ▁ess ay ▁amounts ▁to ▁an ▁argument ▁for ▁institutions ▁to ▁favor ▁left ▁wing ▁views ▁and ▁to ▁es ch ew ▁right ▁wing ▁ones . ▁Smith