On the one hand, these people have been raised to believe anything that offends them is wrong. On the other hand, speaking out against said things is also free speech?
What people seem to complain about is being held accountable for things they say. Sure you can say them but that doesn’t mean you should be free from consequences.
Ironically, the loudest voice seems to be those that think they’re being cancelled – in nearly all cases their opinion is actually being criticized.
No Platform has been a long standing, and frankly successful, approach ever since the National Union of Students adopted and coined it in the mid 1970s. That adoption in turn has its roots in British anti-fascism of the 1930s.
It’s neither new nor novel. The “panic” over it still emanates from the same quarters.
Imagine if the lessons were cancelled…..that would be embarrassing.
>Students at the University of Cambridge will be given free-speech training in an effort to tackle so-called “cancel culture” against guest speakers.
>The sessions by two academics will aim to teach undergraduates to tolerate views that they disagree with and could be rolled out to more universities if successful.
Protesting against things that you believe to be wrong, and even boycotting are all forms of “Free Speech”
Forcing people to have to “tolerate” these views, it’s ironically the absolute opposite of it
I wish the culture war would stop and we could argue on left/right economics and actually get some material benefit to the systemic problems we face, rather than sort them systemically from an economic standpoint, we use plasters to fix social issues which are the result of or made worse by economic devestation.
Lessons on free speech?
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That thing we don’t have in the UK since you can be charged for offending people with words?
What about the freedom of speech to petition the university or protest problematic speakers?
There is no curtailment of free speech from cancelling, only the denial of a platform on which to speak. You can’t obligate places to provide a platform to whoever turns up!
After working for 30 years in Cambridge I can assure you that whatever they do has no meaning in the real world.
What kind of world are we in that he have to explain that you don’t have the right to silence someone for having different views.
Yeah why won’t you quietly sit and listen to Nazi propaganda what is wrong with kids these days /s
The times as usual showing us why its a dishrag.
Tl;dr
Fascists crying that non-fascists won’t listen to fascist propaganda.
Even Cambridge is going to the dogs with this tedious culture war nonsense. This country has suffered severe collective brain damage over the past few years.
A British University? Doing something Based?
What is this tomfoolery!
What this ‘it should be debated’ stuff means in practice is essentially saying **we should never be able to decide what is true and what is unacceptable in our society**.
Oh, so ‘anything can be debated’ and ‘all views are valid’? Right, let’s invite some Al Quaeda recruiters to speak. They just have an opinion, after all. Let’s bring some Catholic child abusers as well so they can just share their opinion that they did nothing wrong and that others should do the same and here’s how not to get caught. Free speech! /s
“Me being nasty to you is free speech, you being nasty to me is oppression”
He who regards his political opinions not as opinions to be argued but as knowledge to be taught is an insidious threat to free thought and free expression.
Free speech is a fundamental, inalienable right.
Doesn’t matter how you define “free speech” because in any context it is always necessary to have in society.
Meaning “Free speech” is only related to those who agree with you.
Haha, Cambridge is one of the institutes that created cancel culture!
It’s 2053, my son just got a 1st in Common Sense and it’s use in society
If the teaching is accurate and without bias then it’s hard to see how this could be anything but positive regardless of a person’s political leanings.
GOOD. Maybe they can export it to the US, I heard the students got a Stanford Law lecturer removed because he defended Weinstein IN COURT. Like, it’s at the core of the legal system that everyone had the right to representation you pathetic brats.
Lots of people saying they don’t like something isn’t ‘cancelling’ something. It’s such a fucking stupid term.
The Times is another Tory rag used to publish dog whistle stories like this.
Free speech is easy. No one owes you a polite audience.
And if you’re being taught you do, you’re being misinformed.
Lol. They should offer lessons on the 14 signs of fascism
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On the one hand, these people have been raised to believe anything that offends them is wrong. On the other hand, speaking out against said things is also free speech?
What people seem to complain about is being held accountable for things they say. Sure you can say them but that doesn’t mean you should be free from consequences.
Ironically, the loudest voice seems to be those that think they’re being cancelled – in nearly all cases their opinion is actually being criticized.
No Platform has been a long standing, and frankly successful, approach ever since the National Union of Students adopted and coined it in the mid 1970s. That adoption in turn has its roots in British anti-fascism of the 1930s.
It’s neither new nor novel. The “panic” over it still emanates from the same quarters.
Imagine if the lessons were cancelled…..that would be embarrassing.
>Students at the University of Cambridge will be given free-speech training in an effort to tackle so-called “cancel culture” against guest speakers.
>The sessions by two academics will aim to teach undergraduates to tolerate views that they disagree with and could be rolled out to more universities if successful.
Protesting against things that you believe to be wrong, and even boycotting are all forms of “Free Speech”
Forcing people to have to “tolerate” these views, it’s ironically the absolute opposite of it
I wish the culture war would stop and we could argue on left/right economics and actually get some material benefit to the systemic problems we face, rather than sort them systemically from an economic standpoint, we use plasters to fix social issues which are the result of or made worse by economic devestation.
Lessons on free speech?
​
That thing we don’t have in the UK since you can be charged for offending people with words?
What about the freedom of speech to petition the university or protest problematic speakers?
There is no curtailment of free speech from cancelling, only the denial of a platform on which to speak. You can’t obligate places to provide a platform to whoever turns up!
After working for 30 years in Cambridge I can assure you that whatever they do has no meaning in the real world.
What kind of world are we in that he have to explain that you don’t have the right to silence someone for having different views.
Yeah why won’t you quietly sit and listen to Nazi propaganda what is wrong with kids these days /s
The times as usual showing us why its a dishrag.
Tl;dr
Fascists crying that non-fascists won’t listen to fascist propaganda.
Even Cambridge is going to the dogs with this tedious culture war nonsense. This country has suffered severe collective brain damage over the past few years.
A British University? Doing something Based?
What is this tomfoolery!
What this ‘it should be debated’ stuff means in practice is essentially saying **we should never be able to decide what is true and what is unacceptable in our society**.
Oh, so ‘anything can be debated’ and ‘all views are valid’? Right, let’s invite some Al Quaeda recruiters to speak. They just have an opinion, after all. Let’s bring some Catholic child abusers as well so they can just share their opinion that they did nothing wrong and that others should do the same and here’s how not to get caught. Free speech! /s
“Me being nasty to you is free speech, you being nasty to me is oppression”
He who regards his political opinions not as opinions to be argued but as knowledge to be taught is an insidious threat to free thought and free expression.
Free speech is a fundamental, inalienable right.
Doesn’t matter how you define “free speech” because in any context it is always necessary to have in society.
Meaning “Free speech” is only related to those who agree with you.
Haha, Cambridge is one of the institutes that created cancel culture!
It’s 2053, my son just got a 1st in Common Sense and it’s use in society
If the teaching is accurate and without bias then it’s hard to see how this could be anything but positive regardless of a person’s political leanings.
GOOD. Maybe they can export it to the US, I heard the students got a Stanford Law lecturer removed because he defended Weinstein IN COURT. Like, it’s at the core of the legal system that everyone had the right to representation you pathetic brats.
Lots of people saying they don’t like something isn’t ‘cancelling’ something. It’s such a fucking stupid term.
The Times is another Tory rag used to publish dog whistle stories like this.
Free speech is easy. No one owes you a polite audience.
And if you’re being taught you do, you’re being misinformed.
Lol. They should offer lessons on the 14 signs of fascism