andrewducker | (Reply)

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For me, the key was reading this question:

If you had to choose one of the options below, which do you think it is more important for colleges to do?

Option 1: create a positive learning environment for all students by prohibiting certain speech or expression of viewpoints that are offensive or biased against certain groups of people

Option 2: create an open learning environment where students are exposed to all types of speech and viewpoints, even if it means allowing speech that is offensive or biased against certain groups of people?

Given that for all students who aren't cis het white males, there's a very real chance that this biased speech may not be singularly non-abstract, since it's directed at them, I'm completely understand preferring choice 1, and in fact am honestly puzzled as to why anyone who isn't a fairly dubious person thinks Option 2 is honestly a better learning environment for anyone who is at all likely to be on the wrong end of speech that is offensive or biased against certain groups of people.

In short, I'm deeply unimpressed with the author of the article and his alarmist panic about the survey results.