{"id":4832,"date":"2012-12-23T07:16:30","date_gmt":"2012-12-23T14:16:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=4832"},"modified":"2012-12-24T08:44:00","modified_gmt":"2012-12-24T15:44:00","slug":"dont-mess-with-firefly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=4832","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Don&#8217;t Mess with Firefly&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4iAOtkpFGhc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Not just a cult-favorite TV show but an issue of free speech on campus at the University of Wisconsin. With <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Neil_Gaiman\">Neil Gaiman\u00a0<\/a> and a thick-headed campus police chief. 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