HOW BAD IS IT OUT THERE? David at The Torch gets a report on the intellectual climate on a college campus that he is reluctant to post, at the request of the author of the report.

Last week, we received a long and thoughtful e-mail regarding political uniformity at major universities as well as its consequences for students. The author, a professor, closed his message with the following statement:

[P]lease don’t print this—I have too much fear of what would happen to me if my name became too prominent.

As a result, I will not print any excerpt of his substantive remarks lest anyone recognize the argument and attribute it to him, nor (of course) will I print his name. I wanted to note the closing comment because it is representative of dozens of similar messages I’ve received since I joined FIRE. There is a real climate of fear amongst those who challenge the perceived campus orthodoxy—a fear that is grounded in countless speech codes and countless examples of censorship.

Am I fortunate, or just obtuse, that such things have either not happened to me or that I have not noticed?

And what are others up against?