Racial insensitivity is not good.But then again, so is the lack of tolerance.The departure of the University of Missouri president for having been tone deaf to racial concerns on his campus following a “strike” by football players sparked dialogue about casual racism. At the same time it is also putting a spotlight on the growing intolerance to other views that aren’t racist in the truest sense but simply aren’t embraced by the new Free Speech* Movement that’s becoming entrenched on college campuses.The asterisk is for the underlying qualifying assumption of the self-styled campus Mario Savios of the 21st century — free speech is allowed only if they agree with it. George Orwell saw this one coming in “Animal Farm.”uIn October, the student government at Wesleyan University initiated steps to cut funding for the student newspaper because it had the audacity to publish an opinion piece criticizing the movement known as Black Lives Matter.
Fear the new free speech* movement
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