If there's a shared resource - say, a speaking hall - everyone has a right to say how they think it should be used.
Whether or not a speaker is appropriate 4 a university best gauged by how many ppl want to listen to,argue w/ him.
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If its enough to fill the venue, this is an idea that students want to engage with & that's what unis are for.
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@barrydeutsch@KVeldman13 If a university decides it only wants to host set ideas, it can do that but it must expect its reputation to fall -
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@barrydeutsch at least amongst ppl who see universities as a place to explore diverse &difficult ideas intellectually as they hit society. -
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@barrydeutsch That's not always been their role, admittedly. They were for accessing only the right ideas in the right way for much longer -
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@barrydeutsch when they were controlled by Church & Scholastic method. But they came to be for new & difficult, dangerous & offensive views -
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@barrydeutsch and that is what many liberals & conservatives want to defend from the far-right & far-left. The spirit of free inquiry.
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This seems to be mixing up universities and capitalism. In a university, there are concerns other than demand.
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For instance, a science university could decide that they don't want to legitimize a creationist speaker w/ a venue.
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Yes. I have given examples of choosing ppl for relevance & expertise & interest & diversity of ideas.
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