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The recently concluded libel trial involving Oberlin College offered a demonstration of this phenomenon on the part of both the defendants and much of the media covering the case.
Essays attacking the left- or right-wing bias of this or that media outlet are, of course, old hat in my business.
Many liberals—including feminists and lesbians—have been cowardly in calling out this noxious phenomenon, for fear of being called transphobes.
The behavior on display in that video didn’t originate in a place of reason, but rather the realm of spiritual passions.
The intellectual dishonesty and disreputable methods used by these journalists are as bad as the behavior they aim to cure.
Reading this collection is recommended—because, while feminists still generally keep Dworkin at arm’s length, the modern movement contains far more of her than they care to admit.
If we are to realize Zuckerberg´s idea of an internet that is “safe” from “harmful” content, we will have to choose which groups get to enjoy a digital safe space.
If sensitivity readers become a publishing institution, they will only incentivize more cautious, conservative, and ideologically homogenous books.
Comedy, on the other hand, reminds us that we all have a dark side and that we might want to reconsider before casting stones.
This will make the internet a much less free place to speak compared to Speakers’ Corner at Hyde Park—the place which is supposed to represent Britain’s commitment to free speech.
Universities have no obligation to invite any particular public figure to speak on campus. But once they’ve promised someone a platform, the stakes are raised: Both speaker and audience are invested in the outcome.
It seems wrong that the Executive Director of a humanist association should be able to use his organization’s governing mechanisms to shut down pushback against his publicly expressed ideological agenda.
To insinuate that Jordan Peterson is a contributor to sectarianism and division is the opposite of the truth.
How can students advocate for speech codes and still believe that freedom of speech is secure?
It is my contention that we must protect speech no matter how hateful it may seem.