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Quite a conclusion in this @conor64 piece, interviewing 17 of the faculty signatories of the Princeton open letter that backed an anti-racism tribunal to police faculty research.
theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
Piece features quotes from several faculty who didn't seem to fully read the letter before signing; or who signed a letter endorsing a scholarship-policing committee in the expectation that Princeton would actually never create such a committee.
Also, @conor64 perceptively asks: "I am concerned that some faculty members are unwilling to publicly criticize a demand that they scoff at privately. Can they really be counted on to protect academic freedom in a faculty vote?"

I'd say the answer to that Q is likely no.
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