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Canadian author and columnist Lindsay Shepherd's message to Americans is simple: Defend free speech or risk losing it.\nIn 2017,\xa0Shepherd,\xa0then a\xa0teaching assistant at Wilfrid Laurier University in Ontario, Canada,\xa0played for her class a series of clips in which psychologist and author Jordan Peterson\xa0talked about personal pronouns and transgenderism.\xa0\nAfterward, Shepherd was\xa0called into a meeting with her supervisor\xa0and\xa0a\xa0representative\xa0from the\xa0college's Diversity and Equity Office.\xa0She was accused of creating a toxic environment for students and threatened with punishment if she did something similar again.\xa0\nShepherd, our guest today on "The Daily Signal Podcast," recorded the meeting to protect herself and later leaked it to\xa0the media.\xa0\n\u201cI wanted people in Canada and abroad internationally to know what's happening inside our universities," Shepherd says. "I saw it as a bigger issue than just me having an encounter in this disciplinary meeting."\nShepherd became an activist dedicated to\xa0free speech and academic freedom.\xa0Her book, called \u201cDiversity and Exclusion: Confronting the Campus Free Speech Crisis,\u201d recounts her experience and offers advice on how to protect free expression.\xa0\n\u201cDon't try to cave into leftist ideas just to try to prove to them that you're a good person." she says. "You don't need to prove anything to them, because they're always not going to like you."\nAlso on today\u2019s show, we read your letters to the editor and share a good news story about the crowdfunding website\xa0GiveSendGo, which is raising money for Georgia small businesses affected by Major League Baseball\u2019s decision to move the All-Star Game from Atlanta.\xa0\nEnjoy the show!\n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.