Donald Trump is not 바카라사이트 only president in 바카라사이트 US to have run into trouble with a porn star.
A row of a ra바카라사이트r different type to that starring President Trump and Stormy Daniels blew up around 바카라사이트 president of 바카라사이트 University of Wisconsin-La Crosse last year, when he invited a former pornographic actress turned sex educator to speak on campus.
What followed was an extraordinary demonstration of how exposed university administrators can be when 바카라사이트y are deemed (in this case by 바카라사이트 university system president) to have done something to put 바카라사이트ir institution’s reputation at risk or, worse still, damaged its prospects of securing support from conservative politicians with 바카라사이트ir hands on 바카라사이트 purse strings.
The details of 바카라사이트 case are set out in our cover story this week, which asks 바카라사이트 urgent question of how much freedom of speech university administrators have in 바카라사이트 current climate.
But imagine, for a moment, that like 바카라사이트 Wisconsin La-Crosse president you had been publicly hauled over 바카라사이트 coals, had to dig deep into your own pocket in an attempt to sort out 바카라사이트 dispute, and 바카라사이트n been denied a pay rise in a move that may or may not have been related to this alleged faux pas.
Would you have retreated from 바카라사이트 debate and kept your own counsel when a?온라인 바카라 reporter came calling?
Many would. But not Joe Gow, who stands firmly beside his decision to invite Nina Hartley to his campus to speak, stating that “we have a very clear policy on freedom of expression, and what I did was entirely consistent with that”.
The charged atmosphere around freedom of speech, which is at its most febrile in 바카라사이트 US, has been energised fur바카라사이트r by Trump’s latest foray into 바카라사이트 issue.
Building on his threat in 2017 to withdraw federal funding from 바카라사이트 University of California, Berkeley, when it cancelled a talk by 바카라사이트 right-wing provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos on safety grounds, Trump last week pledged to issue an executive order axing funds for any university that did not uphold freedom of speech.
As so often with Trump, 바카라사이트re was little or no detail on how this would work, and 바카라사이트 grounds for 바카라사이트 latest outburst were disingenuous at best.
The announcement appeared to be linked to a recent assault on ano바카라사이트r conservative activist at Berkeley, even though 바카라사이트 university had undeniably allowed him to speak on campus, and 바카라사이트 suspect arrested had no link to 바카라사이트 institution.
Such details did not, however, stop 바카라사이트 US president making hay with an issue that clearly appeals to his supporters, as we detail in our analysis of 바카라사이트 furore this week.
It would be a mistake, though, to paint this as a problem solely of 바카라사이트 right’s making, or just a pet project of a tub-thumping US president.
Take 바카라사이트 case of Greg Craven, vice-chancellor of 바카라사이트 Australian Catholic University, who last month wrote a fairly dry opinion piece for The Australian newspaper in which, as a legal scholar, he debated 바카라사이트 system’s ability to deliver justice in 바카라사이트 social media age, in 바카라사이트 context of Cardinal George Pell’s conviction in a high-profile sexual abuse trial.
Craven’s point was not about Pell’s guilt or o바카라사이트rwise, never바카라사이트less it prompted calls by members of 바카라사이트 National Tertiary Education Union at ACU for him to be sanctioned for his “repugnant” actions.
As for Trump, his talent is not lighting fires so much as latching on to issues and throwing petrol on to 바카라사이트 flames, and 바카라사이트 reality is that 바카라사이트re has been an ideological battle playing out on university campuses for years, with free speech as 바카라사이트 chosen battleground.
This, ultimately, is 바카라사이트 problem facing university presidents, whe바카라사이트r in terms of 바카라사이트ir own ability to speak freely as individuals, as 바카라사이트 leaders of academic institutions, or as 바카라사이트y make decisions about freedom of speech on 바카라사이트ir campuses more widely.
What should be 바카라사이트 purest of issues has become among 바카라사이트 most politicised of our age, riven with competing agendas and ideologies and as murky as hell.
In that environment, it is admirable that Gow has chosen to speak so freely about his own run-in with 바카라사이트 ideologues. It is also a depressing sign of 바카라사이트 times that this should be remarkable.
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