outlook for free speech on campuses is FAR better now that Trump has been re-elected.
See, Conservative students have long lived in fear of being “outed” as anything to the right of Lenin. And almost ALL faculty who lean Conservative have been fired–no new hire can be anything less than rabidly hard Left–anyone who is not hard Left doesn’t even bother applying (and in MANY ways that is the overwhelming problem–the hiring pool is virtually all hard Left),
Yeah, Lefty faculty preach “diversity” with an iron fist. But University faculty is anything BUT ideologically diverse. Maybe it’s not, “No Jews need apply,” but it certainly IS, “No Conservatives need apply. And it is happening in K-12, as well, though not yet quite as severe.
But there is a culture of rebellion against that stifling hegemony building. It manifested itself most recently in the LARGE proportion of young people who voted for Trump.
The old Lefty avant-garde has turned around and become simply garde.
The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) has released a new poll showing an overall increase in the prospects for free speech following the election of Donald Trump.
And if THIS doesn’t wig you out, nothing will: