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Now from @PostOpinions: the same by-the-numbers, empirically unserious column about #freespeech on #college campuses. So, my typical response…1/5 washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/…
Low key, one of the most significant pieces of #misinformation about #collegecampuses that such columns popularize is the falsehood that an op-ed can meaningfully assess the state of #freespeech across nearly 5K postsecondary institutions in the U.S. It can't. 2/5
This latest example is an assessment of anecdotes--out of context and selectively retold--not a serious survey of the many different forums for free speech that exist in any given #university. 3/5
Universities protect #freespeech and open debate better than most other parts of society. Centers for the study of democracy, debate, the #FirstAmendment, conflict and dispute resolution, etc., exist on thousands of campuses. 4/5
This kind of column is more an exercise in intellectual fandom based on rooting for the alleged on-campus "team" (or preferred figures and groups) that writers identify with, not a serious assessment of free speech or #academicfreedom in #highered. 5/5
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