Free Speech and Academic Freedom in 2020 (Dan Kaufman and David Ottlinger)

February 07, 2021 01:47:23
Free Speech and Academic Freedom in 2020 (Dan Kaufman and David Ottlinger)
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Free Speech and Academic Freedom in 2020 (Dan Kaufman and David Ottlinger)

Feb 07 2021 | 01:47:23

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Show Notes

In the dialogue, David Ottlinger and Dan Kaufman discuss the ongoing effort to de-platform/cancel Professor Kathleen Stock for her writing and public statements on gender and sex related issues; an article and discussion on it in the Daily Nous; and issues regarding academic freedom and freedom of speech more generally.

0:00 Intro

02:32 The (latest) defenestration of Kathleen Stock

16:44 How sincere are pro-trans rights public intellectuals?

27:35 Justin Weinberg's essay on the Kathleen Stock incident

44:53 David: "It's the squishy middles that are gonna kill us"

59:34 Dan: deplatforming people on social media is effectively censorship

1:10:34 The death of public discourse and the rise of Trump 1:20:30 How consensus crumbles

1:28:10 David: we should get rid of the harm principle

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