No Talking in Class

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by Staff, Utne Reader
January-February 2011

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Conservatives are infamous for assaulting the Ivory Tower’s tradition of open-minded debate too, of course. In the wake of 9/11, though, Lukianoff and Creeley say that liberal thought police are even more likely to punish expression that is either socially conservative, mocks the academy’s overly protective tendencies, dares challenge Islamic fundamentalism, or, in a bit of irony not lost on Free Inquiry, criticizes Israeli policies in Palestine.

Correction, 01/05/11: This version of this article now states correctly that Yale only betrayed its stated commitment to freedom of expression and did not violate the First Amendment, because, as a private university, it is not required to uphold the Constitution.

 

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  • Jim Palmer 1/26/2011 10:24:52 AM

    As I understand the press reports the cartoons were perceived as an assault on all Muslims. In a very general way, this seems to me to be similar to the reaction I would expect if a young man hung center-folds on his dorm room walls.

    On the surface it seems to me that these two situations should be handled in a similar fashion. Is the author ready to fight to for men (or women) to hanging center-fold type art in their room, locker, or office, even though it may offend other people? Or did I misunderstand something about the logic of this article.

  • Jim Palmer 1/26/2011 10:22:05 AM

    As I understand the press reports the cartoons were perceived as an assault on all Muslims. In a very general way, this seems to me to be similar to the reaction I would expect if a young man hung center-folds on his dorm room walls.

    On the surface it seems to me that these two situations should be handled in a similar fashion. Is the author ready to fight to for men (or women) to hanging center-fold type art in their room, locker, or office, even though it may offend other people? Or did I misunderstand something about the logic of this article.

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