You can’t say that! Censorship in public discourse (feat. Sam Abrams)
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“QUIT. Go teach somewhere else, you racist… (Maybe Charlottesville?)” After publishing an op-ed in the New York Times calling for greater viewpoint diversity on college campuses, Sam Abrams found a sign saying just that on his office door at Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, NY. Abrams joins the podcast to discuss Glenn Loury’s 1994 lecture “Self-censorship in public discourse” and recent attempts by students and even faculty members to censor and ostracize academics who present unorthodox arguments – or even ask unorthodox questions. Related: When a student mob came for my job, my college did not support me This lecture was originally delivered at AEI in May 1994.
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