Microaggression madness in Oregon could cost doctors their license

In past debates over 'microaggressions' in this category of offensive speech, I have objected that it is all hopelessly vague and highly controversial.

The Hippocratic oath is based on the pledge that doctors will ‘first do no harm.’ Unfortunately, that pledge does not appear to apply to free speech in Oregon.  The incorporation of microaggressions under the new ethics rules is precisely what some of us have been warning about for years. As is often the case, activists begin by insisting that language monitoring is purely instructional and optional before codifying those rules in mandatory terms. Jonathan Turley is a Fox News Media contributor and the Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law at George Washington University. He is the author of "The Indispensable Right: Free Speech in an Age of Rage" (Simon & Schuster, June 18, 2024).

I have been a critic of microaggression rules on college campuses and discuss this trend in my book out this week, "The Indispensable Right: Free Speech in an Age of Rage." In past debates over this category of offensive speech, I have objected that it is hopelessly vague and highly controversial.