Freedom of speech only when it favors liberals

Evidently liberals believe in the First Amendment only when the other side is shut up. Michael Barone of Washington Times calls it "liberal thugocracy" --

Today's liberals seem to be taking their marching orders from other quarters. Specifically, from the college and university campuses where administrators, armed with speech codes, have for years been disciplining and subjecting to sensitivity training any students who dare to utter thoughts that liberals find offensive. The campuses that once prided themselves as zones of free expression are now the least free part of our society.

Not to mention liberals' infatuation of the "fairness doctrine," a weapon against the conservative media, especially talk radio. Liberal talk radio, Air America, crashed and burned because it simply cannot compete against conservative talk radio. Liberal bias permeates the print and television media, so who would want to listen to more of that nonsense on radio? If you can't beat 'em, silence 'em. That's the liberal way.