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I took his article as a statement against university protests against speakers, Milo most recently comes to mind. Many faculty and students were against him sp
by marricks 10y ago
I took his article as a statement against university protests against speakers, Milo most recently comes to mind.
Many faculty and students were against him speaking and protested. While my opinion on it certainly does not matter, I think those staff and students do have a say and should matter.
We cannot and should not say voices of protest should be ignored so hateful speakers get a platform. You may have faith in "rationality" winning out but I really don't. People really fall victim easily to blaming outside groups and get stirred up by hate speech.
- striking 10y agoFalling prey to hateful speech is not an affliction, it's a symptom of one. Rationality is postponed when people are unhappy.
- marricks 10y agoThat sounds like even more of a reason for universities to take the lead in protest and standing up against bigots, other wise that anger and desire for change can get eaten up by bigots.