William Felkner was once a graduate student at Rhode Island College (RIC), working toward a degree from the college’s School of Social Work. As part of his “policy and organizing” class, his professor required him to lobby the state legislature for progressive “social and economic justice” policies, which Felkner, a conservative libertarian, did not support.
When Felkner refused to advocate for policies with which he disagreed, he was given a failing grade in the class. That was in 2004.
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