You know any time someone says "Although [academic] freedom is fundamental, it is not unbounded.", watch out! It's a common trope many use to slowly whittle aw

You know any time someone says "Although [academic] freedom is fundamental, it is not unbounded.", watch out! It's a common trope many use to slowly whittle away freedoms. A more accurate rephrasing would be "Your rights are all ready limited, so limiting them more shouldn't cause any concern," It's lazy thinking, because whatever limitations are in place today, have no bearing on the validity of the limitations the author is proposing - those should be viewed independently and skeptically. What people don't realize is that when your freedoms are taken away, it's not some evil dictator yanking them from your clutches and you are beaten down by armed thugs, it's you and fellow citizens willfully giving them up for "the greater good".