Charlie, I think you give Ken White's piece (which is great and funny writing) too little credit. His "no heroes" point was not to diminish the illiberialism by Stanford, but to point out that the "victims" are hardly First Amendment defenders, or "heroes". He also notes that this has been long-standing (the Nazis in Skokie). But campuse…
I think you give Ken White's piece (which is great and funny writing) too little credit. His "no heroes" point was not to diminish the illiberialism by Stanford, but to point out that the "victims" are hardly First Amendment defenders, or "heroes". He also notes that this has been long-standing (the Nazis in Skokie). But campuses used to be different (and while unsaid, so were courts). However, because we had "academia" on both sides, it is worth pointing out that both sides are ghouls. Academia no longer protects free speech. Each side protects speech it approves of and this, historically and arguably, is different.
Charlie,
I think you give Ken White's piece (which is great and funny writing) too little credit. His "no heroes" point was not to diminish the illiberialism by Stanford, but to point out that the "victims" are hardly First Amendment defenders, or "heroes". He also notes that this has been long-standing (the Nazis in Skokie). But campuses used to be different (and while unsaid, so were courts). However, because we had "academia" on both sides, it is worth pointing out that both sides are ghouls. Academia no longer protects free speech. Each side protects speech it approves of and this, historically and arguably, is different.
It was very artful, enjoyable bothsidesism (and I certainly enjoyed it), but bothsidesism it was, nonetheless.