This is partly true, but also why I have never bought into the "cancel culture" narrative. Societies always cancel, the question is for what reason. Some are good, some are bad. But the question here about the state is misplaced—I'm talking only about public universities, which are already part of the state and, therefore, must be accoun…
This is partly true, but also why I have never bought into the "cancel culture" narrative. Societies always cancel, the question is for what reason. Some are good, some are bad. But the question here about the state is misplaced—I'm talking only about public universities, which are already part of the state and, therefore, must be accountable to legislatures. Otherwise, we don't have democratic oversight and it becomes a tyranny of tenured academics.
This is partly true, but also why I have never bought into the "cancel culture" narrative. Societies always cancel, the question is for what reason. Some are good, some are bad. But the question here about the state is misplaced—I'm talking only about public universities, which are already part of the state and, therefore, must be accountable to legislatures. Otherwise, we don't have democratic oversight and it becomes a tyranny of tenured academics.