| sapphi_snake said: What views are not accepted in universities, if not views that are considered hateful (sexism, racism, homophobia etc.)? What other people can feel "victimised" for their views, if not racists, misogynists and homophobes? |
Anything that "offends" the wrong person, basically. There's a horrible arbitrariness to the whole thing. If you're seriously interested in what sort of things universities can get up to, you can check out thefire.org as they defend a lot of people whose rights have been squashed by ivory tower dickheads. For instance, a few years back a janitor (who was also a student) was fired from Purdue for reading during his lunch hour. It was a book about how some Notre Dame students fought the KKK back in the '20s, and a black woman who saw him reading the book was instantly offended and went and complained about racial harassment. Even though the guy made clear to his bosses the nature of the book, it didn't mean a fucking thing. A black person was offended, and we can't have that. Only the ACLU and FIRE getting involved eventually cleared the guy's name.
