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"I think there's plenty of value in reading the Black Panthers' and Nation of Islam's writings despite their often-abhorrent views" is different from allowing o
by bachmeier 4y ago
"I think there's plenty of value in reading the Black Panthers' and Nation of Islam's writings despite their often-abhorrent views" is different from allowing one of them to stand on a stage and falsely claim someone is a child rapist.
> Should a professor be allowed to say that all white students are inherently racist?
That's an opinion. Very different from singling out a white student and saying they are a child rapist.
> Controversy is at the heart of the free academic inquiry which the entire statement is designed to foster.
I don't disagree with that statement. The problem is that lies are not controversial, they are lies.[1]
[1] MW defines controversy as "a discussion marked especially by the expression of opposing views".