Comments by "L.W. Paradis" (@l.w.paradis2108) on "UChicago Students Try To CANCEL John Mearsheimer For ‘Putinism’ u0026 ‘Anti-Ukrainian ideology’" video.

  1.  @powerfulbeingtheyoutuberev309  They are demanding a loyalty oath from him. IOW, they do not understand that the First and Fifth Amendments mean America does not have forced speech, at least not consistent with its Bill of Rights.
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  2. University of Chicago is heavily anti-woke, and lets students know in advance not to expect it. They put it in writing. I would expel them. I mean it, I'd start the procedure. Then the ball is in their court. They cut it out, or they can transfer and go to a woke school.
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  3. 🤣
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  4. And it's a 2014 article!!! Wow. Just wow.
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  5.  @stevenverrall4527  Optimism vs. Pessimism? Urbane neutrality was what I experienced at college for the most part. Those were the days.
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  6.  @JoeGator23  But Chicago really doesn't do that. Look into it. It's one of the few that expects instant maturity and makes serious demands on all students, starting freshman year. If it has changed very recently, then I don't know about it.
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  7. In this case, yes. A few years ago, I know that U of Chicago sent out acceptance letters that made it clear it was a hard-core free speech campus, and described precisely what that meant. So, the students are not playing by the rules here. A Bret Weinstein/Heather Heying scenario at Chicago would be the end, a total disgrace.
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  8. Expel them. Enough is enough.
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  9.  @JoeGator23  U of Chicago is super, SUPER hard. In some respects harder than an Ivy.
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  10.  @patzoffreo5982 The statement the University sends to all students (or used to?) made it clear this type of conduct wouldn't be tolerated. But with speech, there's always nuance. The fact that they are not simply denouncing Mearscheimer's position and carefully explaining why they disagree with it (which at university is to be encouraged), but are organizing to compel speech that they approve of, from Mearscheimer and from the university administration, puts this in the prohibited category in my opinion. Look at it this way: if Mearscheimer were to downgrade any paper in his class that disagrees with his position simply because it disagrees, then HE could be disciplined for violating a student's free speech rights.
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