Ok all jokes aside I genuinely think I am one of the more consistent Free Speech people on here. You never see me calling for people to lose their job over BadSpeech, and in fact I have publicly stated opposition to cases wherein I ideologically am very opposed to those involved.
E.g. I thought and still think Noah Carl is a two-bit racist who does no-mark "ooooo here's a correlation oooohh" work that gives social science a bad name. And yet I still think, and said, and say again, that Cambridge did not have good cause to reverse their hiring decision.
I also don't have the IDW vice of thinking that somehow rowdy students shouldn't have free speech rights, so don't end up in bizarre "speech for me but not for thee" situations where someone my upsetting you is free speech whereas you upsetting me is silencing
And, finally, just on an emotional level - I think I have the *true* liberalism here of, like, actually giving a fuck, being someone who gets angry and passionate and tells people to fuck off and is so told in return, and yet still not calling for disciplinary measures
Many, I think, have the vulgar liberalism of apparent tolerance when really they just don't care - nothing for them to tolerate since ultimately they are not invested. Many a smug centrist ever so rational type is of this sort.
And yet, despite my ultimate free speech warrior status, not one representative of University of Austin even tried to make me a job offer. I hate to bring up race, normally I avoid even insinuating these things, but if the shoe fits you gotta ask... racism?
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