Among the gems that lurk in the Carnegie Mellon University Policies, one of my favorite is the policy on controversial speakers, found at http://www.cmu.edu/policies/documents/FreeSpeech.html
It says in part,
Carnegie Mellon University values the freedoms of speech, thought, _expression_ and assembly - in themselves and as part of our core educational and intellectual mission. If individuals are to cherish freedom, they must experience it. The very concept of freedom assumes that people usually choose wisely from a range of available ideas and that the range and implications of ideas cannot be fully understood unless we hold vital our rights to know, to express, and to choose. [[snip]] When guests are invited by a recognized campus organization, they may express their ideas not because they have a right to do so, but because members of the campus community have a right to hear, see, and experience diverse intellectual and creative inquiry. Defending that right is a fundamental obligation of the university. Controversy cannot be permitted to abridge the freedoms of speech, thought, _expression_ or assembly. They are not matters of convenience, but of necessity. [[snip]]
Mary Shaw
From: Lauren Weinstein <lauren@vortex.com>
Date: January 6, 2009 12:38:52 AM EST
[[snip]]
Tommy Smothers, whose character persona (180 degrees from his real
personality) was of the "dumb" brother, was actually the mover and
shaker of the pair. In this very short (less than one minute) video
clip, Tommy recently explained his concept of "Freedom to Hear" --
without which he suggests (and I agree) that Freedom of Speech can be
rendered essentially impotent
( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8biC_T1Rok ).