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Everyone has a right to their political views. In the U.S. everyone is permitted to not only have their views, but to express them as well.
The line of questioning here? Does every opinion have to be expressed? Does every question have to be answered? Who decides the questions? Does venue determine the impetus to ask and answer questions?
Using Claudine Gay, the former President of Harvard University,
and professor of Government and of African and African-American Studies as a focal point for this short talk, we don't believe that every question has to be answered, especially considering the venue and premise of the quetioning. Let's not ignore the subject matter of her teaching and how the latter is being openly slashed from curriccula around the country in high-political fashion.
Having been cornered and asked questions that didn't deserve contemplation further than the practiced responses; especially considering the venue and intents of the questioners, The Magalog muses whether the venue was leverage for something else, and the line of questioning was beyond the scope of the former President's pervue. Claudine Gay's role in the venue of The United States Congress was to answer questions for the University (in the University's voice) on political questions already clearly answered by the University, with Claudine Gay's voice.
She was not the only one to be ostracized in such dramatic fashion. The public abuse of several other administrators who had shared that same forum and were removed from their positions were removed expeditiously. Harvard stuck by Ms. Gay up to the day she quit.
If you have never felt the pressure of being chased by interlocutory persecutors, you may struggle to understand the message presented. If you have, then you can see how this plays in Peoria.
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By CED DOCKERYEveryone has a right to their political views. In the U.S. everyone is permitted to not only have their views, but to express them as well.
The line of questioning here? Does every opinion have to be expressed? Does every question have to be answered? Who decides the questions? Does venue determine the impetus to ask and answer questions?
Using Claudine Gay, the former President of Harvard University,
and professor of Government and of African and African-American Studies as a focal point for this short talk, we don't believe that every question has to be answered, especially considering the venue and premise of the quetioning. Let's not ignore the subject matter of her teaching and how the latter is being openly slashed from curriccula around the country in high-political fashion.
Having been cornered and asked questions that didn't deserve contemplation further than the practiced responses; especially considering the venue and intents of the questioners, The Magalog muses whether the venue was leverage for something else, and the line of questioning was beyond the scope of the former President's pervue. Claudine Gay's role in the venue of The United States Congress was to answer questions for the University (in the University's voice) on political questions already clearly answered by the University, with Claudine Gay's voice.
She was not the only one to be ostracized in such dramatic fashion. The public abuse of several other administrators who had shared that same forum and were removed from their positions were removed expeditiously. Harvard stuck by Ms. Gay up to the day she quit.
If you have never felt the pressure of being chased by interlocutory persecutors, you may struggle to understand the message presented. If you have, then you can see how this plays in Peoria.