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"The culture of offence-taking, platform-denying, and heckler-vetoing—now spreading ever outward from the campuses—lets loudmouths and thugs present themselves
by bootload 10y ago
"The culture of offence-taking, platform-denying, and heckler-vetoing—now spreading ever outward from the campuses—lets loudmouths and thugs present themselves as heroes of free thought."
The question is, "how do you deny audience?"
- grzm 10y agoLol! (can I lol here?) Reading "The culture of offence-taking, platform-denying, and heckler-vetoing", my first thought was of the US Congress for the past 20 years or so.
- bootload 10y ago"my first thought was of the US Congress for the past 20 years or so" This is a valid point. The quality of discourse, the inability to tolerate diverse ideas without resorting to insults. This is evident not only in the political class in the US but also the UK and the antipodes. Here's an example of political discourse in Australia: https://thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politics/2016/11/12/john-hewson-the-negativity-opposition-politics/14788692003964 https://thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politics/2016/11/12/joh...