Archived Washington State announces it will not allow professors to ban words they don't like (thecollegefix.com)
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Archived Washington State announces it will not allow professors to ban words they don't like (thecollegefix.com)
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[–] flimflamedthezimzam ago
I'm going to play devil's advocate for a minute as suggest that all of the internet outrage about how they should fire professors for banning words, or fire professors for using "bad" words, or firing professors for not not banning banning free hate speech is exactly what's creating this PC culture. My understanding, and I might be wrong, is that tenure was designed so that professors didn't have to constantly look over their shoulder trying not to "offend" anyone of the thousands of people they teach a year who might be intentionally trying to find a way to be offended. Maybe public opinion doesn't belong in university classrooms unless it's a course on politics.