I found the article of "Camille Paglia: Women Aren’t Free Until Speech Is" interesting to read and to think about. It points out the issue of no freedom of speech, which is one of the biggest problems we currently have [1]. The free speech movement "erupted at the University of California at Berkeley in 1964" (Paglia). The movement began in a university that does not support the freedom of speech anymore. For example, the students took over the streets when a right-wing commentator, Milo Yiannopoulos, was going to deliver a speech there. The riots took place and $100,000 worth of property was damaged. This is not freedom of speech. They may not have agreed with him, but at least, they could let him deliver his speech and challenge him over his views. Instead,
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The answer is clear. For example, the ACADEMIC LEFT seems itself threatened by the non-academic right. They get offended by whatever right-wing people say. Universities have gone too far on this. To protect students' FEELINGS, they let them rush to the streets. Universities are changing the whole core model of a university from an academic place to a war zone, in which nobody has the right to oppose the other person's idea, or they will be mentally attacked by the left. Moreover, they will never get opposed(leftist protesters) as long as the head of the university let them do so. So when Ms. Paglia comes up and says "American colleges have abandoned their educational mission and become government colonies, ruled by officious bureaucrats enforcing federal dictates," I absolutely agree with him [1]. I think, and believe, they should get back to their educational level in which they focused on academics rather than empowering students on taking away each other's freedom of speech. I want to end this essay with this quote of Ms. Paglia: " An enlightened feminism, animated by a courageous code of personal responsibility, can only be built upon a wary alliance of strong women and strong men"(Paglia)
The answer is clear. For example, the ACADEMIC LEFT seems itself threatened by the non-academic right. They get offended by whatever right-wing people say. Universities have gone too far on this. To protect students' FEELINGS, they let them rush to the streets. Universities are changing the whole core model of a university from an academic place to a war zone, in which nobody has the right to oppose the other person's idea, or they will be mentally attacked by the left. Moreover, they will never get opposed(leftist protesters) as long as the head of the university let them do so. So when Ms. Paglia comes up and says "American colleges have abandoned their educational mission and become government colonies, ruled by officious bureaucrats enforcing federal dictates," I absolutely agree with him [1]. I think, and believe, they should get back to their educational level in which they focused on academics rather than empowering students on taking away each other's freedom of speech. I want to end this essay with this quote of Ms. Paglia: " An enlightened feminism, animated by a courageous code of personal responsibility, can only be built upon a wary alliance of strong women and strong men"(Paglia)