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Jerry Seinfeld got banned from my campus in 2017 and I still think it was wrong
Three years ago at my school in Ohio, the student government voted to disinvite Jerry Seinfeld because some students said he was a zionist. I wasn't a big fan of his politics or anything, but I thought it set a bad rule. If you can ban a comedian who tells jokes about airplane food, where does it stop? Last month we had a speaker on climate policy who got protested off stage. I'm just asking what the line is supposed to be now.
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hannah_williams13d agoMost Upvoted
That slippery slope argument makes total sense, it already happened with that climate speaker.
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richardknight13d ago
The University of Oregon situation last spring was a pretty clear warning sign. They had that climate scientist uninvited because some students claimed his views were too "divisive" for the campus. So you can see how this gatekeeper role is already being used to silence people before they even get a chance to speak. What kind of topics do you think will be hit the hardest first, the ones that already make people uncomfortable or the ones nobody is talking about yet?
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