Nadine Strossen is no stranger to controversy. She has spent her life defending free speech rights -- even speech that is often designated as "hate speech" -- in her capacity as a lawyer and as head of the ACLU from 1991 to 2008. She has strongly criticized increasing tendencies toward censorship in the liberal community (with which she identifies), and has an upcoming book titled HATE: Why We Should Resist it With Free Speech, Not Censorship.
Here are some of her remarks at WVU on Oct 24, edited down to less than 10 minutes for brevity.