I disagree that someone should be fired for expressing their views unless their contract sets forth that they cannot express certain views publicly in any forum at any time. There is an old saw "sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me." We have become way too oversensitized to "offense" and "taking offense." Eve…
I disagree that someone should be fired for expressing their views unless their contract sets forth that they cannot express certain views publicly in any forum at any time.
There is an old saw "sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me." We have become way too oversensitized to "offense" and "taking offense." Every thing you ever utter will "offend" SOMEone it they are looking to be offended.
Firing someone for their ideas and opinions leads to Book Burning and Book Banning and other forms of censorship.
It also leads to more silos, more tribalism, more polarization.
Peacefully protest abhorrent ideas. March. Sit in. Write letters. But engage in a way that has at least a possibility of change coming rather than ensuring any change will be bloody.
Both sides are now working to muzzle the opposition. Both are wrong.
So, she is afforded free speech protections, but the university isn’t? In fact, we are going to compel speech from the university by making them retain her?
I disagree that someone should be fired for expressing their views unless their contract sets forth that they cannot express certain views publicly in any forum at any time.
There is an old saw "sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me." We have become way too oversensitized to "offense" and "taking offense." Every thing you ever utter will "offend" SOMEone it they are looking to be offended.
Firing someone for their ideas and opinions leads to Book Burning and Book Banning and other forms of censorship.
It also leads to more silos, more tribalism, more polarization.
Peacefully protest abhorrent ideas. March. Sit in. Write letters. But engage in a way that has at least a possibility of change coming rather than ensuring any change will be bloody.
Both sides are now working to muzzle the opposition. Both are wrong.
So, she is afforded free speech protections, but the university isn’t? In fact, we are going to compel speech from the university by making them retain her?