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Tennessee lawmakers just passed the Charlie Kirk Act, claiming to protect free speech on campuses — but here’s the twist: just six months prior, many of those same Republicans were demanding professors be fired over comments about Charlie Kirk after his death. Now, lawsuits against Tennessee taxpayers have cost over $3.2 million in settlements, exposing a messy clash between free speech principles and emotional reactions to tragedy — and some lawmakers now claim they don’t remember their own actions or say their social media posts were handled by others.

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