University of Washington removed Middle East Center director Aria Fani for criticizing the war, crushing the academic freedom Republicans claim to defend. Republicans spent years claiming universities suppress conservative speech, with Trump signing executive orders to protect it—yet they’re silent when a scholar is punished for opposing Republican policy. Their principled stand on campus free speech was never about principle; it was always about silencing dissent against their side.

Source: https://truthout.org/articles/uw-removes-middle-east-center-director-after-criticizing-war/