#101 - Are Liberals Stifling Intellectual Diversity?

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🗓️ 3 March 2015

⏱️ 51 minutes

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What is college for? For many, it’s a time for personal and intellectual growth, to meet new people, and to explore ideas and philosophies that challenge their beliefs. Or is it? Recent cancellations of conservative speakers, rescinded honorary degrees, and scrutiny of certain campus groups have heightened perceptions that there is pervasive liberal intolerance on campuses. Are liberals shutting down speech and debate on campus? Or is this theory a myth, based on the preponderance of liberals at universities rather than intentionally discriminatory actions? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:32.5	I'm John Donovan.
0:33.5	This is Intelligence Squared US.
0:35.5	It happened to the director of the CIA.
0:38.4	It happened to the head of the International Monetary Fund.
0:41.1	It happened to comedian Bill Mar.
0:43.1	All of these people within the past few years and several others were offered
0:47.2	honorary degrees or chances to speak at universities.
0:50.3	And then protesters from the left demanded that those offers be rescinded
0:54.8	and the speech is cancelled.
0:56.0	And in some cases that actually did happen.
0:58.8	And what was that?
0:59.8	Was that censorship or was that the left also exercising its right of free expression?
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