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You have a problem with Free Speech?...Thanks to Academia, you can express yourself without fear of

Author: TyroneIrish (19317 Posts - Joined: Oct 8, 2020)

Posted at 12:51 pm on Mar 8, 2025

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reprisal (so long as you don't incite violence or harm to others). Moreover, Academia provides a forum for the debate and discussion of disparate ideas, with the goal of Intelligently arriving at "The Truth", or at least an understanding and acceptance of "Common Ground".

Replies to: "You have a problem with Free Speech?...Thanks to Academia, you can express yourself without fear of"

ND Hiring Freeze and austerity measures [NT] [LINK] - Shadow_of_the_Dome - 7:31am 3/8/25 (30) [View All]
- Why? Just raise tuition. - NedoftheHill - 10:12am 3/8/25
- Higher ed is the enemy of all fascists - Chris94 - 8:56am 3/8/25
  - Yes, when professors were leading students in chants for intifada, that was a proud moment. [NT] - iairishcheeks - 11:57am 3/8/25
    - You have a problem with Free Speech?...Thanks to Academia, you can express yourself without fear of - TyroneIrish - 12:51pm 3/8/25
      - Is calling for intifada "inciting violence and harm to others"? - iairishcheeks - 1:36pm 3/8/25
        "How Universities Cracked Down on Pro-Palestinian Activism" [LINK] - TyroneIrish - 3:08pm 3/8/25
        Shouldn't zero be the goal? [NT] - iairishcheeks - 3:15pm 3/8/25
        Are you familiar with the term ‘Entropy’? [NT] - TyroneIrish - 11:58pm 3/8/25
        Yes, deeply, I think about entropy all the time. [NT] - iairishcheeks - 12:15am 3/9/25
      - Good point on the hypocrisy. They would be applauding it as free speech if it was supporting the neo - Frank L - 1:05pm 3/8/25
  - Unfortunately, academia is a source of communism. [NT] - NedoftheHill - 10:13am 3/8/25
    - Fortunately, the Founders of our Democracy valued Academia, which helps explain why the USA [LINK] - TyroneIrish - 12:45pm 3/8/25
  - Currently higher ed is the enemy of higher thought. Do you push your politics on your students? [NT] - Protagonist - 9:39am 3/8/25
    - This is what dumb people all over the country think [NT] - Chris94 - 10:41am 3/8/25
      - Especially Pelican fans. [NT] - Hensou - 10:52am 3/8/25
  - What would you do if you had to leave Academia? Could you survive? [NT] - Hensou - 9:06am 3/8/25
    - I’d be back on the circuit, riding motocross [NT] - Chris94 - 10:43am 3/8/25
      - Get your motor runnin’…sell your Pel tix… [NT] - Hensou - 10:48am 3/8/25
    - How about cutting medical research grants to the University of Pittsburgh? [LINK] - conorlarkin - 9:37am 3/8/25
      - Cut everything until the budget is balanced. Everything. - NedoftheHill - 10:21am 3/8/25
        Bill Clinton showed how Democrats successfully achieve what you're asking for...i.e. have Congress - TyroneIrish - 1:20pm 3/8/25
        You misspelled Newt Gingrich, but the point stands: You would cut no programs at all. [NT] - NedoftheHill - 12:47am 3/9/25
        You fail to acknowledge documented facts…again. [NT] - TyroneIrish - 9:54am 3/9/25
        
        So you now agree that Congress should make budget and spending decisions? Not DOGE? - conorlarkin - 10:44am 3/8/25
        
        We know Dems aren't serious about any particular spending, b/c they love all spending. - NedoftheHill - 10:36am 3/8/25
        Your opinion...not backed up by evidence... [NT] - TyroneIrish - 3:09pm 3/8/25
      - Idiotic interruption. Unrelated to my question. Start another thread if you like. [NT] - Hensou - 9:40am 3/8/25
        Lovely. [NT] [IMAGE] - conorlarkin - 9:52am 3/8/25
        The question was directed to 94. Your hijack doesn’t answer my question. - Hensou - 10:16am 3/8/25
- Makes sense. Hopefully Jenks’ Build and Gild phase is over. - Hensou - 8:41am 3/8/25