{"id":1834295,"date":"2023-02-03T14:34:39","date_gmt":"2023-02-03T19:34:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1834295"},"modified":"2023-02-03T14:43:06","modified_gmt":"2023-02-03T19:43:06","slug":"professors-stand-up-for-free-speech-as-liberal-colleagues-seek-boycott-of-dennis-prager-and-charlie-kirk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/professors-stand-up-for-free-speech-as-liberal-colleagues-seek-boycott-of-dennis-prager-and-charlie-kirk\/","title":{"rendered":"Professors Stand Up For Free Speech As Liberal Colleagues Seek Boycott Of Dennis Prager And Charlie Kirk"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fprofessors-stand-up-for-free-speech-as-liberal-colleagues-seek-boycott-of-dennis-prager-and-charlie-kirk%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1834295&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p>The Daily Wire readers will be happy to know that not all university professors support suppressing speech by those challenging campus political orthodoxy. A letter from Arizona State University colleagues to one dean has circulated widely internally over the past few days. The letter condemned an upcoming campus event that featured Dennis Prager, along with additional remarks by Charlie Kirk. We strongly disagree with the sentiments expressed in that letter.<\/p>\n<p>One of the many things that distinguishes ASU from other top universities is our administration\u2019s embrace of intellectual diversity. Michael Crow, ASU President, has been particularly vocal on this topic. <a href=\"https:\/\/president.asu.edu\/statements\/statement-from-asu-president-michael-m-crow-on-free-speech-civil-discourse-and-student\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">We urge<\/a> That \u201cwe can and should learn from perspectives different from our own.\u201d In 2018, under President Crow\u2019s leadership, ASU <a href=\"https:\/\/provost.asu.edu\/adoption-chicago-statement-freedom-expression\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Formally adopted<\/a> The Chicago Statement of Freedom of Expression says that \u201cit is not the proper role of the University to attempt to shield individuals from ideas and opinions they find unwelcome, disagreeable, or even deeply offensive.\u201d \u201c[W]ithout a vibrant commitment to free and open inquiry,\u201d The statement is concluded. \u201ca university ceases to be a university.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>President Crow\u2019s commitment to intellectual diversity at ASU has been longstanding, including last year\u2019s establishment of the Center for American Institutions, whose mission is fostering and renewing the nation\u2019s political, economic, and social institutions, including religion and the family. In 2023, our speaker series includes Katie Pavlich (writer and director), Matt Walsh (director), and Rosalind Ross. \u201cFather Stu\u201dKimberley Strassel, Thomas Edsall and Dr. Peter McCullough. We hosted James A. Lindsay and Douglas Murray last year.<\/p>\n<p>Six years ago, President Crow founded the School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership. It allowed for the appointment of faculty dedicated to a curriculum that focuses on the founding principles of American democracy and constitutionalism. Crow supported the T.W. The Lewis Center for Personal Development is now hosting the event.<\/p>\n<p>Although some ASU faculty object to these programs, students and Arizonans are open to hearing different views at a public university that is supported by tuition fees and tax dollars. Students at universities should be open to considering a wide range of perspectives. But <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nas.org\/blogs\/article\/partisan-registration-and-contributions-of-faculty-in-flagship-colleges\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Study<\/a> after <a href=\"https:\/\/econjwatch.org\/File+download\/944\/LangbertQuainKleinSept2016.pdf?mimetype=pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Study<\/a> It is clear that faculty&#8217;s ideological and political affiliations are not at all like those of the American public.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The condemnation of Dennis Prager &#038; Charlie Kirk by faculty letters reinforce campus conformity. They also serve as a subtly way to intimidate and silence any student or faculty member who is not on the same page. Many choose to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/03\/07\/opinion\/campus-speech-cancel-culture.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">self-censor<\/a> Fear of rejection and even retribution. This is extremely destructive of the free and open exchanges of ideas.<\/p>\n<p>Prager and Kirk are described in this letter. \u201ctwo white nationalist provocateurs.\u201d \u201cDennis Prager and Charlie Kirk are purveyors of hate who have publicly attacked women, people of color, the LGBTQ community, as well as the institutions of our democracy, including our public institutions of higher education,\u201d The letter is as follows: \u201cBy platforming and legitimating their extreme anti-intellectual and anti-democratic views, [the college] will not be furthering the cause of democratic exchange at ASU, but undermining it in ways that could further marginalize the most vulnerable members of our community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The letter also states that students should \u201cencounter a broad diversity of voices and viewpoints,\u201d It is obvious that there are many ideas that cannot be tolerated. These include centrist and mainline conservative views, as well as those supported by a majority.<\/p>\n<p>This letter suggests that any one of the following views would make it unfit to speak at a university.<\/p>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Disagreement with radical gender ideology\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Questions about the official lockdown narrative in COVID\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Questions about the efficacy and soundness of Big Pharma research and shots\n<li aria-level=\"1\">A mother and father living together is the best thing for a child.\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Encourage young people in their 20s to get married and have kids\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Objecting to the methods or solutions of the BLM organisation\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Questioning the hyper-racist ideology \u201canti-racism\u201d\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Questioning the handling of particular elections (unless the wrong candidate wins, then it\u2019s ok)\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Opposition to January 6&#8217;s exploitation and sacralization\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Refuting the notion that college is a prerequisite for happiness and success\n<p>These views, according the letter, are \u201cbigoted,\u201d \u201canti-intellectual,\u201d And \u201cextreme.\u201d Ironically, the most anti-intellectual position you could take is to demand a slave mind and universal conformity with a set of rigid dogmatic precepts. Then throw a fit if anyone dares to disagree. Prager and Kirk may not agree with everything, but they can defend their right to speak at a public institution.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf liberty means anything at all,\u201d said George Orwell, \u201cit means the right to tell people what they do<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Readers of The Daily Wire will be pleased to learn that not every university professor supports suppressing the speech of those who challenge political orthodoxy on campus. 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