Should state universities do events with 9/11 truthers?

[Anonymous]

This guy thinks 9/11 is an inside job or that Israel did it. Michigan State had him do an event this month

https://msutoday.msu.edu/news/2024/malcolm-x-muslim-studies-forum-welcomes-former-nba-player

https://abcnews.go.com/Sports/revival-mahmoud-abdul-rauf/story?id=45562375

[Anonymous]

I guess the psych department needs programming events, so, sure.

[Anonymous]

I think universities should seek to expand the intellectual palates of their student body.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think universities should seek to expand the intellectual palates of their student body.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance#:~:text=The%20paradox%20of%20tolerance%20states,practice%20of%20tolerance%20with%20them.

[Anonymous]

Naturally, it would be sponsored by the "Malcolm X Muslim Studies Community Forum." Good grief.

[Anonymous]

Why not? I don't think universities should be policing speech like that.
It's not even clear he talked about 9/11.

Mahmoud Abdul Rauf has a lot more about him than '9/11 truther'.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think universities should seek to expand the intellectual palates of their student body.

Except for troublemakers like Ben Shapiro and the like. We don’t want those intellectual palates expanded in the wrong direction, do we?

/s

[Anonymous]

No conspiracy theorists should not be at university sponsored events. We have a huge problem with conspiracy theories in this country. 9/11 “truthers” are a gateway to QAnon. Need I remind everyone what that sh*t has brought us?!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why not? I don't think universities should be policing speech like that.
It's not even clear he talked about 9/11.

Mahmoud Abdul Rauf has a lot more about him than '9/11 truther'.

There's a difference between policing speech and paying them student activity fees to spew conspiracy theories. The school should be prepared for the fallout from people who disagree with the nut.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why not? I don't think universities should be policing speech like that.
It's not even clear he talked about 9/11.

Mahmoud Abdul Rauf has a lot more about him than '9/11 truther'.

There's a difference between policing speech and paying them student activity fees to spew conspiracy theories. The school should be prepared for the fallout from people who disagree with the nut.

Those who disagree won't be permitted to speak. Otherwise, it isn't a safe space. See how helpful safe spaces are?

[Anonymous]

So of David Duke were invited to speak on environmentalism it would be okay ?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So of David Duke were invited to speak on environmentalism it would be okay ?

Is that a problem?

[Anonymous]

I would love to have some engineering department or something try to model a 747 hitting the Pentagon.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would love to have some engineering department or something try to model a 747 hitting the Pentagon.

a 757 isn’t a 747

[Anonymous]

While I vehemently disagree with him, we would do great violence to freedom of expression to ban him solely on disagreement with his beliefs.