When asked about Holocaust deniers, Sen. Cirino said colleges should be about different views
Ohio state Sen. Jerry Cirino, R-Kirtland, danced around a question about college professors interacting with a student with a dissenting view of the Holocaust Wednesday morning during the House Higher Education Committee Meeting.
State Rep. Casey Weinstein, D-Hudson, asked Cirino, If a student had a dissenting view about the Holocaust, which there is a very active denial group out there, would the professor be obliged to agree with the student and could the professor take a side on the Holocaust?
According to a 2020 study of millennial and Gen Z adults from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference), 23% of those who responded believed the Holocaust was a myth, had been exaggerated, or werent sure.
Cirino said he has received this question many times since introducing Senate Bill 83, a massive higher education bill that would have wide-ranging impacts on college campuses.
I think Holocaust deniers are off the charts, Cirino said before proceeding to answer what he would do as a college professor in that situation.
I would expect the professor to not shout that person down and throw him out of the classroom or embarrass them in front of their other students. I would expect the professor to come down on the side of what is history, he said.
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