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The Coddling Of The American Mind

If Books Could Kill

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What's the Best Faith Argument?

The idea that like discourse is just inherently valuable in every situation is obviously bullshit. The idea that there's an epidemic of student-led suppression of speech is just a media created fiction. There's no data that shows anything other than a tiny handful of incidents per year, whether it's speakers being disinvited or protested and professors being fired. And if that's all there is, then what the fuck are we talking about?

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