America is mixture of: 1. Enlightenment ideals 2. Original sins (race, etc.) We only progress on #2 when we listen to others' truths.
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Sometimes perhaps, but often critical. This philosophy classic defines "subjective truth": https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://organizations.utep.edu/Portals/1475/nagel_bat.pdf&ved=0ahUKEwjm_rL0vfvWAhVllFQKHdUOBm4QFghJMAQ&usg=AOvVaw2q9x13C7myGJyILw9BOdbu …
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That's about subjective experience. We all know that exists.
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The point is how hard it is to access perspectives. Have you thought "like a bat" lately? As a country we fail when cannot do that well.
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I recommend working to reduce censorship in your universities as a first step.Then you can access many more whilst learning to evaluate them
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How do we have a censorship problem at universities? Loud, uncomfortable protests are not censorship.
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Yes, if they're a "heckler's veto." I strongly support protest. But that does not involve preventing others from hearing a chosen speaker
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Question is where to draw line. California Supreme Ct said: "heckling, interrupting, harsh questioning, and booing" can advance 1st Amnd.
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Those are all fine - with proviso that heckling is not so severe or prolonged as to prevent speaker from speaking of others from hearing.
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