Director, Commonwealth Policy Center

There's a lot of fear to talk about controversial issues—especially social issues. This is because the culture is increasingly hostile to conservative values and for those who speak out, there is retribution. Last week, a memo by a Google employee got him fired because he challenged the modern mindset that men and women are essentially the same. At American Airlines, two employees of were overheard talking about transgenderism being gross and the company launched an investigation. George Orwell said that"If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear." There's much that we might not want to hear but if we value free speech, we need to be open to important conversations  even when these conversations involve ideas we disagree with.