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The ALSCW started because of the ascendancy of postmodernist theory, but not because of the politics associated with postmodern theory.
Peterson is celebrated in the news media as a champion of free speech and liberal, democratic values, while in fact promoting a far-right worldview.
The case for deferring to scientific consensus on politically contentious topics is much weaker. This is true because what scientists publicly say may differ from what they privately believe.
What I mean by that is the narrative extolled by university trained feminists that implies assault victims are victims for life and have been irreparably damaged.
Threatening speech when it actually did not do so delegitimizes speech that epitomizes exactly the type of speech that is supposed to be protected.
To understand what happened at Wilfrid Laurier we need to understand what’s causing the gradual advance of leftwing ideology as a cultural phenomenon.
So, how did the Dear Colleague Letter turn universities into star chambers? It lowered the burden of proof for a guilty finding in sex cases, and stripped the accused of due process.
The universities’ mission is to seek the truth. That is not possible without academic freedom.
At the height of the Cold War, Western Marxists foresaw that the opportunity for an armed socialist revolution was bleak.
The central problem with the university administration’s opinion column was that none of the accusations were relevant to the fieldwork and research in question.
China quickly found itself facing dissatisfaction from those steamrollered by a policy of growth at all costs, in spite of the country’s economic and diplomatic successes.
Without such a process occurring, outsiders will be unable to look at the market and garner any reliable knowledge about the state of the world.
“Private tuition can be harmful to the long-term academic prospects of children, a leading London headteacher warned today.”
