not seeing how this will "limit free speech"https://twitter.com/HeerJeet/status/768846960577040384 …
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Right. Uni doesn't "support" TWs, doesn't say professors can't use them on own volition.
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The "w/o fear of censorship" part in paragraph above doesn't seem to support a curtailing of free speech and ideas on campus
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What part of "administration warning against teaching tool (trigger warnings)" is compatible with free speech?
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@HeerJeet Would it limit free speech if the college said "we support" instead of "we do not support"? -
And then, in turn, imagine you are an untenured professor and want to teach a course without using trigger warnings.
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Not a telepath, so maybe you're right, but I'm doubtful many are seriously fearful of getting hauled before...
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universities have a right to set policy. Imagine u're an untenured professor who wants to advocate segregation
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...a disciplinary board should they warn students that some of the course content might be upsetting..
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No, but they are being told that a particular pedagogical decision is a violation of core university principles!
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The use of "trigger warning" here reads more like synecdoche signaling rejection of a type of institutional culture...
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Right, that's what is happening. But effect is that administration intervening in a pedagogical decision.
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