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The was Horowitz' last crusade; to get the old 60s era Free Speech Rules back in effect. He was opposed by Admins everywhere.

It's so easy just to limit speech.

Patrick says

It is certainly true that American universities censor public discussion of scientifically provable facts like the large and inherent behavioral differences between the races and the two genders.

That is censored also in media, not only at Universities. Perhaps censorship at universities is secondary.

Patrick says

And it is also true that conservatives are discriminated against in academia.

As someone being in academia I can say that this is true, although in a slightly different way how people usually think. There are enough conservative engineers, physicists, chemists, etc, but they are typically much more concerned with their work and have little time for politics. They closet themselves in their labs and do not express political opinions for most (nothing good can come out of expressing those opinions - nothing will change and you might get blacklisted). In humanities left bias runs wild, and since they are the ones who have enough time on their hands to protest, give interviews, etc, they are the ones who are usually noticed.

If I actually thought that my alma maters were admitting qualified citizen students for the right reasons rather than unqualified students (even illegals preferentially) for the wrong reasons, I might think more about contributing.

This, of course, does not imply condemnation of legitimate foreign exchange programs within reason.

Otherwise, it seems like enabling an insane gambling addict who just keeps losing their grubstake but comes crawling back for more. The obnoxious and incessant liberal, intolerant trumpeting doesn't help.

When you start viewing schools and universities as agenda oriented political rackets rather than austere and principled places of learning, the whole perspective changes.

Ceffer says

genda oriented political rackets rather than austere and principled places of learning

Ultimate goal is to have as many administrators as possible pulling in as large salary as possible. Political racket is secondary and it is observed simply because it is easier for incompetent admins to spout political slogans than provide quality education.

And it's easier to ban controversial speakers than to deal with all the outrage and shennanigans. Or the backdoor method, charge them ridiculous fees for security.

drB6 says

Patrick says

It is certainly true that American universities censor public discussion of scientifically provable facts like the large and inherent behavioral differences between the races and the two genders.

That is censored also in media, not only at Universities. Perhaps censorship at universities is secondary.

Patrick says

And it is also true that conservatives are discriminated against in academia.

As someone being in academia I can say that this is true, although in a slightly different way how people usually think. There are enough conservative engineers, physicists, chemists, etc, but they are typically much more concerned with their work and have little time for politics. They closet themselves in their labs and do not express political opinions for most (nothing good can come out of expressing those opinions - nothing will change and you might g...

I learned pretty quickly in grad school that this was the case. John Stewart was the most popular show and the Engineers and Chemists I ate lunch with were nonstop complaining about right wingers. There were two people who were very conservative and they were not blacklisted as much as they were ridiculed. I learned that it's not acceptable to present your political views at the workplace, unless they lean left. Personally, I don't want to hear any political views at the workplace, even ones that align with my own.

I walked around in SF with MAGA gear for one day as a bet/dare. It was gut wrenching at times, I was constantly looking over my shoulder looking to throw a punch or two or watching people cussing and potentially scheming. The left has completely destroyed any public cohesion that once existed in western countries with their Nazi style methods (remember the Nazis were actually leftists/socialists). That's why there is the Gen Z backlash, these teens/twens are not blind. They grow up constantly worrying and fighting about words in an Orwellian climate. There will be more elections that swing to the right in the West I have no doubt about it. Now that doesn't mean that everyone with lefty views is a crook, some are decent people who have a right to their political opinions. But it means that - like with certain cultures/religions - there are too many of those who want to oppress other views by any means necessary, and thus they need to distance themselves from those methods or be complicit.