Bringing free speech to campus doesn't mean bringing the most offensive person you can, it means bringing the most credible guest from the side less heard. University presidents (usually center left) who merely bring wild people are suggesting that the other side is a cartoon.
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Actually, bringing free speech to campus means allowing people to come to speak, EVEN IF they are the most offensive person.
In the case invitation to intelligent moderates is omitted, the exercise of inviting extremists to colleges in free speech's name is a breast-beating show, titillation hosted by passive-aggressive deans to placate donors. Why fund caricature?
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1. Inviting "extremists" to colleges isn't necessarily in the name of free speech - sometimes people just want to hear. 2. The whole point of free speech is that people aren't expected to rely on (perhaps) people like you to judge who are extremists or who are cartoons.
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I have no problem with a group applying judgement so they prioritize speakers - there aren't infinite resources. The problem I have is this apparent condition of credibility and moderation applied to the principle of free speech. It feels like insidious concept creep.
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Thank you Amity - instead of colleges offering a variety of thinkers, they’ve turned it into an intellectual freak show, and our students are no better for it.
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