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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Where was the outrage in academia for cancel culture until now?

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Literally two weeks before the Hamas attacks, Columbia hosted a debate on this specific issue, discussing the problems with silencing opinions or forcing "serious discussions" of difficult topics off of college campuses. The focus of the debate was on the Supreme Court decision on affirmative action, and they discussed the problems with making certain opinions on a hot-button topic like that "unacceptable" on a university campus.

You can read about it here: https://www.columbiaspectator.com/news/2023/09/25/columbia-independent-holds-debate-on-free-speech-moderated-by-former-dean-valentini/

The idea that college professors only suddenly became interested in free speech in the last month so that they could defend pro-palestinian student groups is laughable. College professors are deeply invested in the idea of free speech on college campuses and one of the primary arguments in favor of tenure is that it protects the right of intellectuals to discuss unpopular or difficult opinions, and thus protects the university as a place of free thought and debate.

I 100% believe that if there were people trying to silence the opinions of pro-Israeli students or professors on college campuses right now, you'd see the same furor over it. Particularly with regards to issues that are complex, current, and widely debated on a global level (and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict surely falls in that category) most university professors fall in the camp of protecting the right to voice a broad range of opinions on these matters.[/quote]

Good. I hope they will speak up with equal outrage against students who suppress free speech by tearing down posters of Israeli and American hostages. [/quote]

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