Harvard Celebrates Halloween by Placing DEAD Last in Free Speech Ratings
As autumn falls, Harvard scores a chilling -21.58 in the 2025 Free Speech Ranking. Speech suppression? No, just “fun-sized” freedoms! pic.twitter.com/2JPG8klDzD
— Orwell (parody) (@goodthink1984) October 22, 2024
The leaves are changing colors, the days are growing shorter, and Big Brother’s favorite time of year is here. We’re not talking about Halloween. It’s the 2025 College Free Speech Ranking report! Harvard University has placed last with a delightfully dreadful score of -21.58 out of 100.
This frightful result is even scarier than last year when Harvard also bobbed for apples at the bottom of the list.
Thrill-seekers may wonder how Harvard was able to surpass its own spine-tingling standard of speech suppression in one short year. It wasn’t easy, but quelling high-profile protests related to an increasingly violent and unstable war between Palestine and Israel may have had something to do with it!
Big Brother insists you not think of this as reducing free speech rights, but rather making them “fun-sized.” So let's all grab our pillowcases and officially licensed corporate character costumes, and make some mischief. But be careful out there, because at Harvard, the true horror is what you can’t say.
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- The non-profit, Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE), has ranked Harvard University last in the 2024 College Free Speech Rankings with a score of -21.58 out of 100.
- Up to 53% of Harvard students reported self-censoring at least once or twice a month, and 70% believe that shouting down campus speakers is acceptable to some degree.
- The worst five schools scored poorly in "Administrative Support," "Comfort Expressing Ideas," and "Tolerance Difference," indicating widespread dissatisfaction among students.
- The Israel-Hamas war and subsequent protests have significantly affected free speech on campuses, with a record 55% of students finding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict difficult to discuss openly.
- The University of Virginia ranked highest in free speech, with fewer controversies and stronger administrative support for free expression compared to poorly ranked institutions.
Sources: The Fire, Boston, The Chronicle of Higher Education, and New York Post.
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