Tag: Free Speech

Free Speech Part 23

When considering speech that could ‘harm’, there is a gender disparity here, with women being particularly pro-emotional safety and therefore censorious – important when the majority of social work students are women. This censorious tendency appears to be based on an underpinning assumption that offending ideas cause actual ‘harm’. This assumption is a contested idea… Continue reading Free Speech Part 23

May 2022. The Killing of Shireen Abu Akleh

I’m not at all sure what the hell to say about the clear assassination of a journalist, in anyones book it has to be wrong. The slaying of Shireen Abu Akleh, I have to use the word ‘assassination’. She was a well loved and trusted journalist by the Palestinians, and she was a thorn in… Continue reading May 2022. The Killing of Shireen Abu Akleh

Free Speech Part 22

Recent research has demonstrated that, in general, a minimum of only 30% of students would choose a free speech position on, for example, inviting controversial speakers to come to campus. Furthermore, a minimum of 20% would choose no-platforming in the interests of the emotional safety of minority groups. There is, therefore, a significant malleable ‘undecided’… Continue reading Free Speech Part 22