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Why universities need to stop banning speakers, even when their views are offensive

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Why universities need to stop banning speakers, even when their views are offensive Credit: REX / Getty / Twitter/bindeji
Students have tried to stop Bindel, Greer and Yiannopoulos from speaking (Picture: REX / Getty / Twitter/bindeji)

In an ideal world there would be no transphobia, no religious intolerance and no hateful speech from fascists who have to blame others for the lack of meaning in their small-minded world.

No, in an ideal world it would be all peaches and cream, baby.

But that’s not the world we live in and censoring people from airing their bullsh*t opinions isn’t going to make it so.

As The Economist highlights, in the promotion of tolerance at universities across the country, student unions have become increasingly intolerant of… Read the full story


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