I agree with @DebMashekHxA on pres Trump's vow of an exec order on free speech....https://twitter.com/HdxAcademy/status/1102261997855485953 …
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For soemone like Trump to propose something like this, at CPAC no less, seems like smoking gun evidence that viewpoint diversity and free expression have always been a shibboleth for the right, or even white supremacists, to push thier ideology and agenda on campus.
You're falling straight into POTUS's endgame plan to drive the academic Left so nuts with paranoia that they out themselves as hopelessly delusional to voters, and as implacably opposed to freedom.
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Again, we (Deb, Jon and I) do not hold the sort of views described above, obviously. We are not falling into that trap. We are skeptical of this on principle. But I think you're right about the left more broadly, as I've written about extensively myself:https://musaalgharbi.com/2017/04/20/trump-opponents-need-stop-playing-hands/ …
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But even though we disagree the way many on the left react to Trump -- the reality is that this is how many people *are* responding. And it makes our work harder, much harder, in many respects.
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I'd just say, "Yes, of course we ferociously champion free speech and inquiry; therefore, we welcome Trump's proposal," if I had institutional power at an University. But I don't. And because of my views, I likely never will : )
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It puzzles me that every time Trump digs a trap, puts a sign next to it that reads, "HERE IS A TRAP!", and then points to it saying, "LOOK, I'VE DUG A TRAP" many people on the left are so incredibly clever that they still insist on falling into it.
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