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Quote:The real issue is the preponderance of officially sanctioned discrimination on tax payer funded campuses where critical thinking or the teaching of should be advocated.

Having someone speaking like Ben Shapiro (who I respect a good amt) or Ann Coulter (who I don't), should never be cancelled. Anyone with at least an honest attempt at actual intellectual discourse should of course be allowed on a college campus. That said, there can be extreme ones who Clearly don't -- not necessarily on a 2-way political spectrum per se, but just Objectively-speaking "wacko birds" doing things for sake of chaos where it's Clearly anti-intellectual. I do believe a college campus should have a right to say Yay or Nay when a student group calls for someone like that + mass protest against it.... where best to be put in a public park or something, not on a University campus. A University campus, IMO, should have a say when something's beyond the intellectual zone (or honest attempt at it), having an event on their campus. It's not the only public area in town, obviously. That said tho -- it can back-fire and give too much (faux) credibility & notoriety to said person aimed to speak, so it may not be a wise decision to heed that.

When it comes to "he/she's too right-wing, don't let them speak" or "let's have hands-free lassaiz faire immigration" -- that's not held by a majority of people who lean left (or more). Much the same as some of the Strong religious-right stuff on the other side either. I think Dems need to get more strong on freedom of speech(es) + immigration, instead of listening to a Loud pocket within. Much the same that the Repubs need to get more strong on not heeding to the religious right so much, either.

But then again, I'm a technocrat, so it's easier to b!tch about both sides (no emotional/intellectual loyalty to even the side I merely lean on).