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Why are student-union officials censoring criticism of Islamic State?
- anigbrowl 11y agoInteresting question, but (like a lot of political articles) perhaps a bit too general in scope for HN.
- CM30 11y agoWait, what? There are really people deluded enough to defend IS? Yeah, some controversial groups you might have a small amout of sympathy for, but we're talking murderous psychopaths that execute anyone they disagree with. Aren't these the exact kind of individuals that most students and colleges should despise the most? Honestly, this thing makes me despair for the future of humanity.
- ris 11y ago"Honestly, this thing makes me despair for the future of humanity." That's because you haven't read the article. This is from The Spectator, which is known as a rather swivel-eyed-right-wing magazine at the best of times in the UK. What this is actually about is a student union not wanting to give a platform to a guy who went to fight with the Kurds against IS. Whether you agree with his actions or not, the reality is that people doing this are in a legal grey area (in the UK at least), and I can't really fault a university (or at least its student union) wanting to encourage members of its student body to go and get killed in a conflict they quite possibly don't fully understand. They might feel a teensy bit responsible if they did. Dumbest Spectator article in a while, which is saying a lot.
- ris 11y agoDownvotes but no rebuttal?