Anti-liberation reporter from the New York Times, Chris Hedges, didn't exactly find an audience awaiting each America-bashing sentence of his commencement address with baited breath:
Hedges began his abbreviated 18-minute speech comparing United States’ policy in Iraq to piranhas and a tyranny over the weak. His microphone was unplugged within three minutes.Voices of protest and the sound of foghorns grew.
Some graduates and audience members turned their backs to the speaker in silent protest. Others rushed up the aisle to vocally protest the remarks, and one student tossed his cap and gown to the stage before leaving.
The college president's defense for such politicized tripe to be billed for an event was "the freedom of speech." It's no surprise that a liberal wouldn't be the least familiar with what the Constitution actually says - but for the rest of us out there, the First Amendment bars Congress from abridging expression, and not the citizenry.