I signed this petition.
I’m not Canadian, so this doesn’t strike immediately close to home, but I’m not so optimistic that I don’t see the possibility of similar BS happening here. I have watched too many of my academic friends (and remember, these are the teachers of the supposed leadership class of tomorrow, which means that their opinions have an effect) decide that freedom of expression isn’t all that important. They decide this, of course, according to double-secret criteria that they themselves have formulated for the comfort of their own cherished ideas (or feelings; in many cases there’s very little rational “idea" involved), and in the comfort of their positions of authority and cultural ascendancy.
I have come to the point where I’m not willing to soft-pedal my disgust anymore. There are far too many people who would rather not make a fuss — a reaction this introvert understands — but in doing so acquiesce to evil. That’s right: evil. There’s no other word for thought police whether on campus or in Canada or in North Korea. Barking savagery and bureaucraticized evil deserves to be named for what it is.
Orwell and Huxley weren’t right about everything, but they at least wished to defend liberty of conscience - which I will continue to fight for as an absolute.
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