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TIL my campus club spent $300 on a speaker who got shut down before he started
Our history club at State U pooled funds to bring a professor who wrote a book on post-war Japan, but the student government said his views on historical guilt were 'harmful' and blocked the room booking. We lost the deposit and the talk never happened, which felt like a real waste of student money meant for learning. Has anyone else had a guest speaker canceled over their academic opinions?
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stone.jesse3mo ago
Our film club lost funding over a climate doc they called too one-sided.
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miller.avery28d ago
Wondering if that decision could backfire. My local library just had a similar debate and ended up losing a bunch of donations from people who felt censored. Depends who funds your club.
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