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The Free-Speech Fallacy
http://chronicle.com/article/The-Free-Speech-Fallacy/235520
A central purpose of the university is to allow disputes about significant moral and political issues to take place in the classroom instead of on the battlefield. Free speech is essential to that mission. According to Yudof and Waltzer, it is not the policies of Israel that explain its lack of support on campus, but leftist ideology, which it urges those in positions of authority to condemn. Israel’s standing on campus may be a result of leftist ideology, or it may be a response to Israeli policies (or some combination of both, or neither). It’s a contentious political issue, just the sort that a commitment to free speech requires we leave to open debate.
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I find the above passage compelling in light of the guns in classrooms debate
