Cambridge University Just Delivered A Clear Victory For Free Speech
THEFEDERALIST.COM -- [ISMAILI DIGEST ED: Hazar Imam, at Harvard, 2015: "What is needed, as the former Governor General of Canada Adrienne Clarkson has said, and I quote, is a readiness 'to listen to your neighbour, even when you may not particularly like him.' Is that message clear? You listen to people you don't like!"] ARTICLE: Those with illiberal ideas have transformed colleges from institutions of open debate into the least welcoming environment for diversity of ideas. Their aggressive tactics have cowed many staff and students, with opposing views, into silence. However, free speech just scored a major win at Cambridge, one of the most "woke" college campuses. When it proposed a new speech censoring policy, free speech proponents pushed back. Arif Ahmed, an associate professor, offered 3 amendments supported by faculty, students and even the Cambridge Radical Feminist Network. Nevertheless, the university rejected them. However, after heavy pressure, they allowed the university's 7,000 staff a vote and more than 80% approved all 3 amendments. Defending free speech isn't a battle between conservatives and liberals: it's a battle between freedom and tyranny. Cambridge presents a winning approach to push back what's known as the "woke" mob: first ...








































