Academia as a Silencer
Academia doesn’t have to be right-wing, it doesn’t have to be Zionist either.. but it does have to be brave.
Because the moment it stops asking questions, it stops being relevant.
Academia doesn’t have to be right-wing, it doesn’t have to be Zionist either.. but it does have to be brave.
Because the moment it stops asking questions, it stops being relevant.
The culture of negating the other is a symptom of a deeper crisis: a loss of faith in dialogue and in our ability to deal with different opinions. It reflects a left that has lost its way, that has forgotten the values of freedom and openness that it once championed.
From a right-wing perspective, the solution is not a counter-boycott or silencing of the left, but a return to open discourse, in which opinions are examined on the basis of arguments, not mass outrage.