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>Furthermore, some ideas are clearly off limits. The University is not going to allow and promote legitimate arguments about whether the Holocaust was justified
by jotux 10y ago
>Furthermore, some ideas are clearly off limits. The University is not going to allow and promote legitimate arguments about whether the Holocaust was justified, or whether we should return to slavery and colonialism.
Why are certain topics off limits? If someone wants to give a talk about why they believe the Holocaust is justified they should be free to do so, just as I am free to ignore it or go argue he's wrong.
- ebola1717 10y agoPlease show me an accredited University that has done that. This is not a view any university shares, for good reason.
- jackcosgrove 10y agoNot exactly the same, but Northwestern U has an avowed Holocaust denier on its faculty who is protected by tenure. Institutions matter more than shared values sometimes.
- ebola1717 10y agoContingent on the fact that: "Butz has made clear that his opinions are his own and at no time has he discussed those views in class or made them part of his class curriculum." If he were to represent his opinions as the views of the University, or in the classroom, they would remove him. To me, that seems not only consistent with the principle of a "safe space," but the definition of it. NU also supports safe spaces: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/how-to-create-inclusive-campus-communities-first-create-safe-places/2016/01/15/069f3a66-bb94-11e5-829c-26ffb874a18d_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/how-to-create-inclus...