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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
Anyway, the problem is that you appear to be so sure that you're right about everything and have the morally unimpeachable position on every issue that you don't need to self-examine. Aptly discussed, on this very topic, by Dave Rubin here, which I should have just posted before.
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Okay I watched the video and I pretty much disagree with most of it. It has nothing to do with free speech. No one is debating whether these people have the right to say what they're saying. They're shouting them down because they don't want to hear it. Go and say it somewhere else. I also reject the notion that you have to give these ideas a forum for discussion, especially at a university. Are we that concerned that racists are going to come up with some sort of groundbreaking theory on race that we're missing out on if we don't listen to them? These view they espouse are antiquated and uneducated.
Would we not call for the resignation of a science professor if he started to lecture in favour of flat-earth theory? Hell, we recently had a health prof in Toronto come under fire for teaching anti-vaxx nonsense in her classrooms. Is that a violation of free speech? Not really. She's still allowed to say it, but we're arguing that it has no business being spoken at a post-secondary institution. It serves no educational purpose and is a giant waste of everyone's time.
Bigotry is even worse, because in addition to not serving an educational purpose and being a giant waste of time, it'also harasses and causes emotional distress. So what business does it have being spoken at a place that is not only supposed to be one of higher learning, but also supposed to be an inclusive space, free from unnecessary harassment?