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Old 07-28-2020, 09:58 PM   #11
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Re: A Partial List of Those Who’ve Faced Cancellation in Academia

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Next professor on the list is the chair of the economics department at Loyola (La.). One set of students thinks he should resign because of things he has said about slavery, and another set thinks he should get a raise. They have dueling petitions. I take it you agree he is not a victim.

As much fun as this is, I still think campus speech is different from the rest of the world, and this list of controversies seems rather, well, academic.
Agreed. It is an academic point I was making. But free speech is an academic concept.

Gervais nails it: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=L3dxMGzt5mU

Here’s Hitchens with some gravy: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6pTbL7GYUuA

I am, however, quite in favor of scattering the teeth of these fucking jackasses who insist on refusing masks. Their right to free expression tests even my absolutism.
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