This formulation—that "a culture of freewheeling discourse" is central to "truth-seeking," and thus at the core of the university's mission—is a fascinating one.
https://twitter.com/conor64/status/1434508703735160843
A freewheeling conversation is one that emphasizes spontaneity, quickness, and rhetorical play, not "truth-seeking and knowledge production."
In an engaged, thoughtful conversation, on the other hand, one is frequently considered, even cautious about what one says, seeking consistency, mutual understanding, and intellectual depth rather than mere improvisational back-and-forth.
Which in turn is why the concept of "self-censorship" is such a fraught one, and why the idea that "self-censorship" on campus is inherently, uniformly bad is a proposition that needs to be presented and argued for, not just taken as self-evident.
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