Here’s How to win the war on free speech says Debra Soh a author of science and politics of sex and holds a PhD in sexual neuroscience from York University.
The battle in favour of academic freedom has been a tumultuous one. In August, an event at Ryerson University, titled "The Stifling of Free Speech on University Campuses," was shut down after far-left group No Fascist T.O. harassed university administration.
The event was rescheduled for this past Saturday. As perhaps a testament to the public's frustration around being coerced into silence, the audience quintupled in size, from 300 to 1,500 attendees.
Here are her suggestions
-Dr. Amitay stresses that parents need to be involved in what their children are being taught, even before they reach university. As a testament to how entrenched these loopy ideas are, the indoctrination process begins as early as elementary school – take, for instance, social justice lessons in phys-ed class.
- according to Dr. Peterson, if your child's teacher uses words like "diversity, equity, inclusivity," and "white privilege," these should tip you off that something is amiss. He suggests allowing your child to leave class, if you feel it's appropriate.
-These days, ideas that make students feel uncomfortable are called hate speech, and arguing against identity politics is conflated with advocating genocide. Conservative Party Leader Andrew Scheer's promise to remove federal funding from universities that don't protect free speech speaks to how serious of an issue this has become.
-I now see how ideology has mutated not just policy and education, but scientific inquiry. Studies in the hard sciences – including neuroscience, biology and sexology – now tout findings that are politically driven. Academic researchers actively choose to play along because they know that doing so will be lucrative for them.
-You would never see this level of security at an event espousing far-left ideas. This was similarly reflected in the logistics behind a recent speech at UC Berkeley by editor-in-chief of The Daily Wire, Ben Shapiro, that came with a $600,000 price tag to cover protection by the police.
- don’t give in to the antifa scare tactics. And support in protecting others who are being bullied by antifa by speaking up.
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The battle in favour of academic freedom has been a tumultuous one. In August, an event at Ryerson University, titled "The Stifling of Free Speech on University Campuses," was shut down after far-left group No Fascist T.O. harassed university administration.
The event was rescheduled for this past Saturday. As perhaps a testament to the public's frustration around being coerced into silence, the audience quintupled in size, from 300 to 1,500 attendees.
Here are her suggestions
-Dr. Amitay stresses that parents need to be involved in what their children are being taught, even before they reach university. As a testament to how entrenched these loopy ideas are, the indoctrination process begins as early as elementary school – take, for instance, social justice lessons in phys-ed class.
- according to Dr. Peterson, if your child's teacher uses words like "diversity, equity, inclusivity," and "white privilege," these should tip you off that something is amiss. He suggests allowing your child to leave class, if you feel it's appropriate.
-These days, ideas that make students feel uncomfortable are called hate speech, and arguing against identity politics is conflated with advocating genocide. Conservative Party Leader Andrew Scheer's promise to remove federal funding from universities that don't protect free speech speaks to how serious of an issue this has become.
-I now see how ideology has mutated not just policy and education, but scientific inquiry. Studies in the hard sciences – including neuroscience, biology and sexology – now tout findings that are politically driven. Academic researchers actively choose to play along because they know that doing so will be lucrative for them.
-You would never see this level of security at an event espousing far-left ideas. This was similarly reflected in the logistics behind a recent speech at UC Berkeley by editor-in-chief of The Daily Wire, Ben Shapiro, that came with a $600,000 price tag to cover protection by the police.
- don’t give in to the antifa scare tactics. And support in protecting others who are being bullied by antifa by speaking up.
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