On Sat, Jan 16, 2021 at 11:18 AM Philip Benjamin <[email protected]> wrote:
>> “No universities are doing any censoring either and for exactly the same >> reason, although I do think threatening to expel students for what they say >> is a very unproductive thing to do” > > > > [*Philip Benjamin*] There are hundreds if not thousands of instances to > the contrary. Some are listed below. > I strongly oppose censorship, I think you have the perfect right to say anything you like even if I think what you are saying is evil or stupid or both, but I have the perfect right to refuse to lend you my megaphone so you can say it louder. Being burned alive and the failure to receive tenure are not equivalent, and not one of the things you listed is an example of censorship or comes anywhere near to it. Church officials threatened to torture Galileo to death if he didn't stop teaching that the earth went around the sun, that is censorship. Today firing an astronomy professor who teaches that the sun and the entire universe revolves around the earth is not censorship, it's a good idea, and so is firing a geology professor who teaches his students that dinosaurs existed 4000 years ago. Expelling a student because university administrators don't like that student's political views is a very bad idea but that's not censorship either, it's just a bad way to run a university. And it's pretty pathetic to see our whiny little president whining about big bad Twitter censoring him when the man has a fully equipped television studio in the very house he lives in and can get on national television in about two minutes anytime he wants. A few days ago on TV one of the House t raitors who voted to end our democracy was wearing a virus mask with the words "censored" printed on it while a microphone was just inches from it and she was on national TV spouting out her nonsense to millions of people to see and hear. Bazaar! John K Clark -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAJPayv1pFvFr3S_jzmcX%3DeJYVzMNR05DfBa3GjjZM08ut4-B9Q%40mail.gmail.com.
