{"id":139317,"date":"2023-03-31T07:00:24","date_gmt":"2023-03-31T11:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=139317"},"modified":"2023-03-28T17:34:22","modified_gmt":"2023-03-28T21:34:22","slug":"two-schools-stand-up-to-their-radicals-a-little","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=139317","title":{"rendered":"Two schools stand up to their radicals… a little"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Remember last month when appeals judge Kyle Duncan was shouted down at Stanford when he attempted to speak there? One of the highlight items was that not only did students shout him down, but the associate DEI dean Tirien Steinbach\u00a0 participated and essentially took the side of the hecklers. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-TX, brought down fire on Stanford Law for its behavior:<\/p>\n

Following the incident, Cruz sent a letter to the high profile university, demanding the students be punished and Steinbach be held accountable for her treatment of the judge.<\/p>\n

“This disgraceful behavior is antithetical to the principles of free speech and open discourse that are essential to the mission of any credible academic institution, let alone a top-tier law school,” Cruz wrote in a March 14 press release.<\/p>\n

Just weeks after the Texas Senator called on school officials to take action against the “disgraceful behavior,” Cruz received a response that included news of Steinbach’s leave and that all law students would be required to attend a session on free speech.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yahoo<\/a><\/p>\n

Hopefully this isn’t a paid leave, aka unplanned vacation. But it’s nice – and slightly mind-boggling – that Stanford is actually rocking the academic boat in favor opf civilized behavior, isn’t it?<\/p>\n

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And, to boggle your minds further, a Michigan professor has been suspended for his actions:<\/p>\n

A Michigan professor was suspended Monday for a post in which he said: \u201cIt is far more admirable to kill a racist, homophobic, or transphobic speaker than it is to shout them down.\u201d<\/p>\n

Professor Steven Shaviro of the Wayne State Department of English took to Facebook to post his views on free speech (re. the Stanford incident – Ed.) A screenshot of his post can be found at the Volokh Conspiracy.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery time protestors shout down a racist or transphobic speaker, they are indulging their own moral sense of validity at the expense of actually strengthening the very bigots against whom they are protesting,\u201d Shaviro wrote. However, the professor did qualify his Sunday post by saying: \u201cI do not advocate violating federal and state criminal codes.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have on many occasions defended the right of free speech guaranteed by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, but we feel this post far exceeds the bounds of reasonable or protected speech. It is, at best, morally reprehensible and, at worst, criminal,\u201d wrote Wayne State president M. Roy Wilson. \u201cWe have referred this to law enforcement agencies for further review and investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n

In Shaviro\u2019s view, right-wing groups bring speakers on campus to elicit a reaction that discredits the Left.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe protesters get blamed instead of the bigoted speaker; the university administration finds a perfect excuse to side publicly with the racists or phobes; the national and international press has a field day saying that bigots are the ones being oppressed, rather than the people those bigots actually hate being the victims of oppression,\u201d Shaviro wrote in the Facebook post.<\/p>\n

National Review via Yahoo<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Reports vary on whether Shaviro was suspended without pay. I did read one eggheaded response saying that in no way were his statements an incitement to a crime.Whaddya bet the same academic would strongly aver that Trump advocated armed insurrection, violence, and killings at his rally? No takers, huh…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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