The Eroding of Free Speech on College Campuses

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NYT article on the eroding of free speech:

College Is All About Curiosity. And That Requires Free Speech.
True learning can only happen on campuses where academic freedom is paramount — within and outside the classroom.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/24/magazine/college-free-speech.html?unlocked_article_code=1.QU0.J2Hx.7tza70eugdtX&smid=url-share

In related news, Barnard College has started monitoring and restricting what it considers "political speech":

Barnard College's Restrictions on Political Speech Prompt Outcry
Professors and free speech advocates are protesting a decision by the college to monitor and remove pro-Palestinian statements and other speech the college deems too political.

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NYT article on the eroding of free speech:

College Is All About Curiosity. And That Requires Free Speech.
True learning can only happen on campuses where academic freedom is paramount — within and outside the classroom.

In case the above link is behind a paywall, here is the link for the gift article:
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/24/magazine/college-free-speech.html?unlocked_article_code=1.QU0.J2Hx.7tza70eugdtX&smid=url-share

In related news, Barnard College has started monitoring and restricting what it considers "political speech":

Barnard College's Restrictions on Political Speech Prompt Outcry
Professors and free speech advocates are protesting a decision by the college to monitor and remove pro-Palestinian statements and other speech the college deems too political.

From the article:

A student who takes an ugly position should be tolerated. A student who tries to prevent someone else's ugly position from being heard should be suspended.

That's an excellent summary.

What baffles me completely is how absolutely convinced authoritarian progressives are that "their side" will always be in power. With Trump's presidency in the very recent past, and even the prospect of another Trump presidency very soon, how do they not see that authoritarianism is to be avoided precisely because you can never guarantee who will be in authority and thus able to wield that power?

I don't remotely understand this naive optimism even in the face of facts which contradict it.

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I am very sympathetic to many of the arguments, but with

I'm not against ideology and social movements, except when they interfere with academic curiosity.

the author is asking for cats that bark.