.@JonHaidt Alternative explanation:
Humanities professors understand the cost of racist speech.
Profs in just a few academic fields support students who want to limit speech on campus, as Sam Abrams reports: http://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/blog/2017/03/07/middlebury-violence-faculty/ …pic.twitter.com/787iue5vLH
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Humanities professors understand the value of controlling speech.
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Or they understand the cost to society of normalizing views that reduce the humanity of others.
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Every fascist in history made the same argument. The answer to speech is more speech.
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Basic psychology proves that isn't true.
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You're making a compelling argument against free speech, you realize that right?
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I'm positing that there's a balance to be struck, and that absolute free speech is not all upside for society.
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The courts have repeatedly reaffirmed that the right to free speech is not absolute; public safety must be considered.
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@CHSommers The survey results are appalling & consistent with my experience talking with faculty. Almost none really support#1A -
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33% of faculty strongly wanting speech prohibition is scary. I thought this was a student problem with profs just not fighting it.
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Somebody puts these ideas in their heads.
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Sure. I just always thought of it as coming more from activist cultural figures favored by emotionally immature students.
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The sad part is the social justice warriors educators have infiltrated the high schools and younger. Kids show up mini-maoists
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Mine (6th/8th) have been given terrible advice from teachers, but at worst pushing Food Babe, no encouraging justice mobs yet
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Public servants often swear oaths to defend the constitution. Maybe faculty at public universities should have to do likewise.
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Will colleges survive? Hard to justify parents paying tuition for "disfunctional" education driven by thought police.
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How can we pressure colleges to remove their Social Justice degree programs from the catalogs? This cult needs to go elsewhere.
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"...if it can be considered racist or sexist." Who judges?
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those with the biggest audience,to shame those who don't adhere it seems
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