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America's Ten Most Oppressive Colleges
An anonymous reader writes: A new review of free speech on campuses across the United States has listed the country's ten most oppressive colleges, with examples of why they earned this odious status.
The first link is the actual report, while the second provides a good quick summary. In either case, the behavior of college officials in attempting to squelch dissent is quite disgusting. Far more horrifying and worrisome for the future were the number of cases where the students themselves moved to stamp down on opposing views. They are the future, and that future does not look pleasant. In South Carolina students are suing their college for interrogating them for daring to hold an event in support of free speech that offended some students.
The first link is the actual report, while the second provides a good quick summary. In either case, the behavior of college officials in attempting to squelch dissent is quite disgusting. Far more horrifying and worrisome for the future were the number of cases where the students themselves moved to stamp down on opposing views. They are the future, and that future does not look pleasant. In South Carolina students are suing their college for interrogating them for daring to hold an event in support of free speech that offended some students.
In some senses, Americas most oppressive colleges are the ones that don't try to curb sexist and racist speech at all.
A lot depends on if you're a black woman or a middle-class white male.
I can guess which side most of the middle-class white males here will fall.
Art Pope is a Theo-fascist shill for the Koch brothers Free speech should be rigorously upheld in the Academic world, but the Pope foundation and FIRE only gets involved when right wing religion, racist speech or climate change denial is threatened. Boatload of crap is the bulk of the article
*"Cogito Ergo Liberalis"*