Selective Outrage Over Free Speech Week in Education

MIKE LACHANCE NOV 5, 2022 8:00 AM

The double standard on free speech in education is maddening. Consider what the left finds acceptable:

• Harvard Hosts Activist Known for Vile Anti-Semitic Rhetoric
• NYU Hosts Panel on ‘Reproductive Justice’ With Prof Who Defended Vandalizing Pro-Life Pregnancy Centers

And what the left does not want to allow…

• Coalition of Student Leaders Working to Keep Ben Shapiro From Speaking at U. Michigan

And when did this become acceptable?

• ‘Anti-Racist’ Prof Describes Herschel Walker With a Racial Slur and Also ‘Subliterate’

The side that supports freedom is making some gains.

• Collin College Reinstates and Settles With Prof Who Was Fired for Protected Free Speech
• Stanford University Hosting ‘Academic Freedom Conference’ to Promote Free Speech

Yet this is where we are.

• Survey Finds Many College Students Hold Totalitarian Views on Speech

A story in two parts.

• Faculty at University of Florida Holds Pointless ‘No Confidence’ Vote on Prospective New President Ben Sasse
• U. of Florida Board of Trustees Votes Unanimously for Ben Sasse as New School President

There’s not enough political balance.

• Survey Finds U. Oklahoma Humanities Departments Only has Four Republican Profs
• Analysis: U. Alaska-Anchorage’s Democrat Professors Outnumber Republican Professors 14 to 1

Good for him.

• Fired Princeton Prof Joshua Katz Finds Freedom in Cancelation

Unreal.

• Columbia University Prof Defends Affirmative Action, Bias Against Asian Students

This is far too common.

• Required Course at West Chester U. Allegedly Teaches ‘First-Year Students to Resent White People’

Political intimidation, plain and simple.

• Researchers at North Dakota State U. Tell Harriet Hageman They’re Monitoring Her Twitter Account for ‘Toxic’ Language

Safe spaces are still a thing?

• U. South Florida Creates ‘Safe Space’ to Educate People About Being LGBTQ+ Allies

Oh goody.

• Drag Queen to Teach ‘Queer Dance Class’ at University of Hawai’i at Mānoa

This sounds like the premise of a sitcom.

• Squatter Pretending to be Student Lived in Stanford Dorms for Months

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