[The quote proceeds as follows. P.Z.] Here is an example of how this
boycott of UIUC works: David Blacker of the University of Delaware, who
had been invited to speak on September 29 to kick off the 2014-15 CAS /
MillerComm annual series, sent a letter to the organizers at UIUC
declining the invitation and explaining his reasons for doing so. He says,
"I have decided I must honor the growing worldwide pledge of
academics not to appear at U. of I. unless the Salaita matter is
acceptably resolved. I refer of course to the University's recent
punishment of Professor Salaita for engaging in political speech in a
public forum. I neither endorse nor reject any of SaIaita's remarks and
their substance is not relevant t my decision to cancel. Neither do I
base my decision on a n assessment of the affair 's constitutional-legal
aspects, which are uncertain. My decision is not about Israel/Palestine
and it is not about legal nuance .... My concern has to do with the
academic freedom needed by scholars in order to do our job properly.
Academic freedom does not exist when it is withheld from scholars with
unpopular or even 'offensive' views. As an educator and citizen, I agree
strongly with Justice Brandeis that 'If there be time to expose through
discussion the falsehood and fallacies, to avert the evil by the
processes of education,the remedy to be applied is more speech, not
enforced silence (1927)." Instead of choosing education and more speech
as the remedy for disagreeable speech,the U. of I. has apparently chosen
"enforced silence.' It thus violates what a university must stand for --
whatever else it stands for -- and therefore I join those who will not
participate in the violation. In my judgment, this is a core and
non-negotiable issue of academic freedom."
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