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226: Peter Boghossian: Is the university worth saving?

The Brendan O'Neill Show

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The Importance of Confronting Situations Like This

I think inclusion is my favorite example of a double-speak word. It means excluding bad words, excluding bad people. The number of times I've seen people be no platformed from campuses under the banner of inclusion and in creating an inclusive environment. If you don't say anything to counter injustice, it's violence. If you're white, if you try to ask someone about their experiences, potential mansplaining. There's a whole linguistic infrastructure and vocabulary for the quote unquote sins that one could be guilty of when attempting to engage people. But the best way to calibrate your confidence is through discourse,. And woke people provide a tremendous opportunity for that.

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