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(5,815 posts)in an academic environment that is specifically there for the exchange of ideas and speech.
No. And they certainly shouldn't have the power to ban journalists from that public space in the name of safety.
Wanna rent a rec room somewhere? Go nuts. Don't want to be challenged in the public square? No. Not in a free democracy. Not now, not ever.
Why is it, in democratic societies, the people always wailing about safety are immediately the first people we should be suspicious of? Whether it's the right-wing with their Patriot Acts or the left-wing with their desire for compulsive ideological uniformity. It's such a scary go to concept for authoritarians. "We're reducing freedoms for safety!" Liberals should be a billion fucking times smarter than this. It's like we didn't watch this shit with Republicans from 2001-2008.
As for Republican talking point, that is actually in the news. The professor who threatened a journalist (of color, I might add)? That was what her work was based on. Hilariously ridiculous and unworthy pop culture projects.