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Old 09-15-2022, 07:10 PM
 
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How true would you say all of this is?
Also note how Northwestern was ranked poorly.
What is really going on here with these Illinois universities?
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Old 09-15-2022, 09:50 PM
 
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Good for uofc. It does seem many universities are moving away from free speech. Diverse thought and critical thinking may be be a thing of the past.
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Old 09-16-2022, 12:39 PM
 
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I think in 2017 or 2018 I heard that U of C was actively promoting freedom of speech. This freedom seemed agiven when I was in college starting in 2009. There was no script to follow. The importance of free speech was made evident to us in, like, 3rd grade. I’m glad I got out before things got this way
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Old 09-16-2022, 01:25 PM
 
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Even the most "free speech" universities are probably not all that "free speech".
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Old 09-16-2022, 02:44 PM
 
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Even the most "free speech" universities are probably not all that "free speech".
Universities are conservative. They allow students to think they're free because it benefits them. It's controlled within the university bubble. But how many "free thinkers" do they fund if the free thinkers' research interests go against the brains.
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Old 09-16-2022, 04:46 PM
 
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Universities are conservative. They allow students to think they're free because it benefits them. It's controlled within the university bubble. But how many "free thinkers" do they fund if the free thinkers' research interests go against the brains.

Are you serious? Universities are literally run by the Lib Tards of today. They haven't even taught REAL history for decades. They are socialists to a fault. One reason this country is headed for the $hitter.
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Old 09-16-2022, 05:38 PM
 
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Universities are conservative. They allow students to think they're free because it benefits them. It's controlled within the university bubble. But how many "free thinkers" do they fund if the free thinkers' research interests go against the brains.
Maybe in 1950.
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Old 09-16-2022, 07:03 PM
 
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I felt my university was pretty open about free speech. The result was that conservative christians planted themselves daily in our designated free speech zones and harassed every woman on campus.

This was in the late 90s btw--and those same groups are still harassing another generation of female students, educators, and campus staff.

It didn't feel so free to us.
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Old 09-16-2022, 07:43 PM
 
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Are you serious?
Yes. I think the disconnect is that some people think their right to free speech supercede's someone else's human rights. And hey, maybe it does. That's not my call. I don't see universities as liberal spaces. Are they more liberal than other institutions? Probably. Depends on your perspective.
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Old 09-16-2022, 08:24 PM
 
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Nah, I think that the amount of presumed censorship, and left script to follow actually becomes conservative in its rigidness? Like, I’ve seen some illustrations of political spectrums where the far left loops around and ends up back at the far right and I think that’s how it is at American colleges. This was evident enough that there was a Simpsons episode that had a bit about political correctness on campuses awhile back
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