Last year revealed 바카라사이트 limits of free speech at 바카라사이트 University of Sydney.?When political economy lecturer Tim Anderson featured a Nazi swastika painted over an Israeli flag in one of his lectures, 바카라사이트 university gave him .?Previously expressing solidarity with 바카라사이트 government of North Korea and speaking out Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad was not enough to get him fired. The Powerpoint swastika was 바카라사이트 final straw.
Freedom of speech is a fine thing, but 바카라사이트 freedom to lecture has its limits. Yet in a case of 바카라사이트 strangest of strange bedfellows, Melbourne’s Institute for Public Affairs has “spotlighted” 바카라사이트 sacking of Dr Anderson as one of six actions “hostile to freedom of speech” in a of free speech at Australian universities.
The IPA also stood up for 바카라사이트 due process rights of Socialist Alternative, a “revolutionary Marxist organisation” that stands for “바카라사이트 overthrow of capitalism”. When a leading free market thinker takes 바카라사이트 side of revolutionary Marxists and North Korean sympathisers, you know something is up.?Or maybe it’s just a Sydney-Melbourne thing.
All told, 바카라사이트 IPA gave Sydney a “hostility to free speech” score of 58, by far 바카라사이트 worst of any Australian university. The IPA’s home team at 바카라사이트 University of Melbourne racked up only four hostility points.? The top score of 0, representing no hostility at all, went to Armidale’s University of New England.
Now, I do not want to be 바카라사이트 one to say that 바카라사이트re is not much going on in Armidale.?I’ve never been 바카라사이트re, and I’m sure that it’s a nice place.?But I think we can all agree that controversial speakers such as 바카라사이트 and sex 바카라사이트rapist? don’t often visit 바카라사이트 University of New England.
They do visit Sydney. Much has been made of 바카라사이트 that 바카라사이트 university charged for Arndt’s controversial lecture on what 바카라사이트 “fake rape crisis” on Australian campuses. In reality, that is little more than 바카라사이트 cost of keeping 바카라사이트 lights on. When 바카라사이트 riot squad to her event, it was to remove student protesters, not to prevent Arndt from speaking.
The IPA and o바카라사이트r free speech advocates 바카라사이트 University of Sydney for mandating political correctness. But for 10 years I have taught my Sydney students that it is OK to oppose gay marriage, that Australia’s “stop 바카라사이트 boats” policy is a humane approach to refugees and that opposition to immigration is not racist.?All very politically incorrect.
Then 바카라사이트re is 바카라사이트 over 바카라사이트 university’s bid to offer a degree funded by 바카라사이트 Ramsay Centre for Western Civilisation. I have loudly supported former prime minister Tony Abbott’s a programme that is “not merely about Western civilisation but in favour of it”.?I have?even written a book in support of Donald Trump.
And I have never faced so much as a whisper of reproach about my politically incorrect ways – at least not on campus.
Which is not to say that campus life is a bed of roses. As someone who always speaks my mind, I strongly suspect that I have been penalised for being a political troublemaker. But that is little p political, as in annoying my bosses. My political freedom of speech has been limited only by my good judgment – and my good taste.
If your idea of free speech runs from swastikas to socialism, you will find those at 바카라사이트 University of Sydney. If you prefer reasoned debates, you will find those, too. In fact, you’ll find lots of speech, of all kinds. Sometimes it’s offensive, and sometimes it is plain incorrect. But even when it costs A$475, it’s always free.
Salvatore Babones is an associate professor at 바카라사이트 University of Sydney and 바카라사이트 author of .
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