I think universities are places to exchange views and perspectives. (Reply #12)

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12. I think universities are places to exchange views and perspectives.

I would have no problem with students protesting a speaker selection, but I wouldn't think too highly of a university administration that let itself be bullied into censoring speakers.

And if it's students doing the speaker selection, well, that's their choice.

As for nasty folks, let them speak, and let their own words hang them.

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60 replies	Author	Time	Post
Post removed [View all]	Post removed	Oct 2015	OP
Greer is incorrect and an atavistic bigot. That's an opinion, not a prohibition.	Bluenorthwest	Oct 2015	#1
Maybe. Should Cardiff students be able to hear her views?	Comrade Grumpy	Oct 2015	#3
+1 I have zero patience with those who wear "being offended" as a badge of honor,	jonno99	Oct 2015	#5
Would you make the same argument about a virulent racist or homophobe?	Spider Jerusalem	Oct 2015	#6
I think universities are places to exchange views and perspectives.	Comrade Grumpy	Oct 2015	#12
So should they allow the KKK to give rallies there?	LostOne4Ever	Oct 2015	#16
Yeah, you're wrong.	Act_of_Reparation	Oct 2015	#59
New level needed: MIRT300. n/t	demmiblue	Oct 2015	#2
Nice example of the case the OP is making.	Comrade Grumpy	Oct 2015	#4
We nuke people for being racist so why not nuke a transphobe?	LostOne4Ever	Oct 2015	#15
Oh my goodness, what a pile of crap. I hardly know where to start.	LeftyMom	Oct 2015	#7
For the record, TERF = Trans-Exclusionary Radical Feminist.	KamaAina	Oct 2015	#8
TERF war. Heh.	Comrade Grumpy	Oct 2015	#13
But this ain't their TERF!	LostOne4Ever	Oct 2015	#17
They go Hand in Hand with SWERF	Lordquinton	Oct 2015	#23
No. This is leftwing biology denial and pseudoscience.	frizzled	Oct 2015	#9
Why does this matter so much to you?	yardwork	Oct 2015	#10
It's a short, philosophically sound, well reasoned argument. What makes it obsessional?	Monk06	Oct 2015	#20
It's not short and it's far from philsophoically sound...it's garbage...nt	joeybee12	Oct 2015	#25
Well you are correct in saying it is not, "philsophoically sound", (sorry couldn't resist lol) Your	Monk06	Oct 2015	#28
The whole thing is crap...	joeybee12	Oct 2015	#29
Not buying something is not arguing against it. It's Crap is not a counter arguement. The issue	Monk06	Oct 2015	#35
Your demand for a counter argument requires the original argument to be worth something.	stevenleser	Oct 2015	#44
Your refusal to provide a counter argument is in fact an argument. Unfortunately, an Ad Hominem	Monk06	Oct 2015	#48
Nope. Bigotry is automatically self-de-legitimizing. No explanation is needed. nt	stevenleser	Oct 2015	#49
+infinity (nt)	LostOne4Ever	Oct 2015	#50
What an awful post. Truly.	yardwork	Oct 2015	#30
It is a sickening post filled with tons of transphobic remarks and stereotypes nt	LostOne4Ever	Oct 2015	#32
Another person who dismisses a serious and sincere argument without deigning to comment. I	Monk06	Oct 2015	#37
See my #44. nt	stevenleser	Oct 2015	#45
It seems like you're a little unclear on a few basic concepts here.	LeftyMom	Oct 2015	#41
Well I have had these concepts explained to me before on these sorts of threads. I am not convinced	Monk06	Oct 2015	#43
Right on! nt	kelliekat44	Oct 2015	#24
THANK YOU	Skittles	Oct 2015	#55
Wait a minute.	LeftyMom	Oct 2015	#11
+infinity (nt)	LostOne4Ever	Oct 2015	#18
Your terf biology is full of crap, is denialism, and the real pseudoscience	LostOne4Ever	Oct 2015	#14
+1	Lordquinton	Oct 2015	#21
+1	Major Nikon	Oct 2015	#27
Thank you.	beam me up scottie	Oct 2015	#34
+1	Starry Messenger	Oct 2015	#36
Bravo! nt	LexVegas	Oct 2015	#40
Thanks for this - this is awesome.	bullwinkle428	Oct 2015	#42
Nailed it.	Agschmid	Oct 2015	#46
...	RedCappedBandit	Oct 2015	#56
Nicely done, as always.	Act_of_Reparation	Oct 2015	#57
I'm going to bookmark this under	Goblinmonger	Oct 2015	#19
I alerted on this horror of a post and it was upheld 4:3. Here are the results	stevenleser	Oct 2015	#47
It's not alleged transphobia, Greer IS a transphobe...	joeybee12	Oct 2015	#22
If a venue has a policy against giving air time to bigots, they're not being inconsistent.	Warren DeMontague	Oct 2015	#26
That kind of bullshit has been going on right here on DU	hifiguy	Oct 2015	#31
so if I say gay folk should not have the right to marry	Skittles	Oct 2015	#54
The term "identity politics" is bullshit	gollygee	Oct 2015	#33
I have found out right here on du	Lordquinton	Oct 2015	#51
Germaine Greer is a nasty and ignorant bigot.	Starry Messenger	Oct 2015	#38
Fuck this bigot and anyone that buys into this bullshit. nt	LexVegas	Oct 2015	#39
What a load of crap.	Gormy Cuss	Oct 2015	#52
sorry, no, I don't tolerate bigotry	Skittles	Oct 2015	#53
I wonder whatever possessed you to think this garbage belonged here.	stevenleser	Oct 2015	#58
Oh Bullshit	ismnotwasm	Oct 2015	#60

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