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> Freedom of speech does not imply freedom of funding. The first amendment is specifically about preventing government reprisals for speech. If I would have wo
by theossuary 2y ago
> Freedom of speech does not imply freedom of funding.
The first amendment is specifically about preventing government reprisals for speech. If I would have won a federal grant, but was denied it because I said "trans rights," that's the definition of a first amendment violation.
- o11c 2y agoYou're wrong in this case. All you have to do is replace the target and it becomes obvious. If a scientist currently or previously spammed papers of the form "why Nazis were right all along", we should all hope the government doesn't fund that subject or person. The mass retraction of previously published papers is ethically concerning, but choice of who/what to fund in future is always completely in-scope for leadership to choose, regardless of whether you agree with the particular decision.
- theossuary 2y agoYou're too gullible if you think these purity tests aren't going to be applied outside of the grant applications themselves. This is clearly an attempt to isolate out "woke" scientists and researchers, irrespective of what they're researching.
- o11c 2y agoGullibility has nothing to do with the logical question of "is this a free speech concern or not, and if it is is it in the subset covered by the Constitution?" You can't oppose chaos while giving up on rigor yourself.