Rudy Canoza <js@phendrie.con> wrote in news:MGCTI.1993$qV1.243@fx18.iad:

> Nobody has the right to free speech if it conflicts with my rules.

Over 100 Harvard professors have added their names to the school�s new
Council on Academic Freedom in an attempt to defend free speech in one of
America�s most famous schools.

"We are in a crisis time right now," Janet Halley, a Harvard Law School
professor and feminist legal theory scholar, told The New York Post.

"Many, many people are being threatened with � and actually put through �
disciplinary processes for their exercise of free speech and academic
freedom," Halley said.

Halley is one of 103 members of the Council on Academic Freedom as of
April 27.

HARVARD ESTABLISHES FACULTY-LED 'COUNCIL ON ACADEMIC FREEDOM' FOCUSED ON
FREE SPEECH

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Over 100 Harvard professors have added their names to the school�s new
Council on Academic Freedom in an attempt to defend free speech in one of
America�s most famous schools. (Michael Fein/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

The initiative has been led by professors Stephen Pinker and Bertha
Madras, who announced the council in an op-ed for the Boston Globe. The
organization, both professors wrote, was intended to "inform new faculty
about Harvard�s commitments to free speech and the resources available to
them when it is threatened," the Harvard professors wrote.

The newly established Council on Academic Freedom plans to promote and
uphold the principles of "free inquiry, intellectual diversity, and civil
discourse" at the university, according to the two Harvard professors on
the council.

Professors Pinker and Madras wrote that as members of the council, which
was established in March, they plan to "sponsor workshops, lectures, and
courses on the topic of academic freedom."

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY RANKS DEAD LAST IN THE NATION FOR COLLEGE FREE SPEECH:
STUDY

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Harvard professors Pinker and Madras also emphasized that they would
defend other academics who are canceled by "activists" for speaking their
minds on campus. (Scott Eisen/Getty Images)

Pinker and Madras also emphasized that they would defend other academics
who are canceled by "activists" for speaking their minds on campus.

"We will encourage the adoption and enforcement of policies that protect
academic freedom. When an individual is threatened or slandered for a
scholarly opinion, which can be emotionally devastating, we will lend our
personal and professional support."

"When activists are shouting into an administrator�s ear, we will speak
calmly but vigorously into the other one, which will require them to take
the reasoned rather than the easy way out," they continued.

STANFORD DEI DEAN SLAMS INVITED FEDERAL JUDGE TO HIS FACE AT CAMPUS EVENT,
ASKS IF FREE SPEECH IS �WORTH IT�

A seal hangs over a building at Harvard University in Cambridge,
Massachusetts November 16, 2012. REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi (UNITED STATES -
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A seal hangs over a building at Harvard University in Cambridge,
Massachusetts, Nov. 16, 2012. (Reuters/Jessica Rinaldi )

The original idea for the council originated in 2022, according to the
council�s website.

Harvard University did not immediately respond to a request for comment
from Fox News Digital.

missbeatrice
27 April, 2023

So now these Ivy League colleges are doing an about face? Why, because
CEO�s like myself all the way up to Supreme Court justices have come out
and said they won�t hire graduates of these schools? I applaud these
professors for finally standing up for free speech but it�s too little,
too late. I would need to see DRASTIC changes before I will hire from any
Ivy League school.

campbe33
29 April, 2023

I heard this quote the other day, "College should be the most dangerous
place intellectually, where free thinking is supported and all ideas
should be challenged and debated with civility. Then students will have
really learned something." Some of the colleges squashing free speech used
to be the bedrock of free thinking, critical intellectual thought and
debate, but they've turned into 'one mind, one thought' institutions of
indoctrination.

vintagesenior
27 April, 2023

They will not be trustworthy until every professor with tenure is long
gone!

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