Wilfrid Laurier University has become the site of yet another dispute over freedom of speech and critical thinking
When my oldie readers introduce generation markers in their emails, it’s generally a semaphore signifying bewilderment at a cultural landscape so utterly changed from their youth, they cannot find their bearings. I empathize with these readers because, an oldie myself, I share their anxiety at the continual erosion of classic liberal principles we took for granted as permanent. Especially the freedom to dissent from popular views.
Ironically, the march was aborted because of internal dissension amongst the Nazis. But the nettle of principle had been seized. It was a decision taken and deferred to by mature adults. By which I mean the issue was thrashed out in meetings, debate, op-eds, arguments from the ACLU, arguments from the lawyer for the Nazis, and so forth. Rational discourse — not feelings, which were acknowledged but transcended — settled the matter.
Lindsay Shepherd’s 2017 recording of her disciplinary session at Wilfrid Laurier University for the crime of exposing her students to Jordan Peterson’s views on compelled speech brought her to national attention. The broadcast of the ruthless performance that reduced Shepherd to tears was a pivotal teaching moment in the illiberalism that governs academia in the name of diversity, equity and inclusion.
Such statements were obligatory, because it has become an article of faith in our universities that our campuses are overrun by white-skinned racists. Even where there is no overt evidence of racism, “implicit” bias — an accusation against which there is no defence — is considered as pernicious and harmful to all non-white members of the community as if it were overt.Article content continued
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