In an age gone insane with liberal nonsense and PC, this stand by the Univ. of Chicago is very refreshing. I applaud them!

Sometimes truth and rationality come from the strangest places.

I am very pleasantly surprised that a university embraces the true diversity of freedom of thought in the so-called home city of O the Great and Powerful Divider.
Me dino says "so-called" because methinks O's true home is where his imagined throne is.

Great Find OA

I dont DO politically correctness anymore. I live once only, and I refuse to be controlled by political correctness.

Great! About time this came back around...a little.

Reading the article, I was reminded of my 17 yr old daughter scolding me for saying arts schools would be less rigorous in their reviews of incoming students as long as the students were paying their way.

I'm just amazed that a school in Obama's "home town" would be as strongly conservative as this.

It's great that there are still small islands of common sense out there. They might as well kiss their Federal funds goodbye, though.

BTW...I just saw the news that Gonzaga U., of Spokane, just hired the U. of Missouri's "fired" professor, Melissa Click. She's the ditz who tried to have a journalism student physically ejected from a student demonstration that he was covering. I wish them luck with her, even though she says she's changed. The only thing such liberals normally change is their tactics.

Good evening ObjectiveAnalyst,
It is a rare event today to see a university official
Supporting free speech and honest discourse. Yet from that University we got Bernie Sanders.
I used to think liberals were all about "do your own thing" now they are about everyone doing their thing.
Regards,
Dobrien

The safe space thing is nuts. I think it's hit its high water mark and is facing a backlash. My wife had an employee last spring who said a TA walked out of a class because the students respectfully asked questions critical of the TA's views. The TA had some line like "this dialogue is not respecting my comfort zone" or something like that; I can't remember. It's definitely gotten out of hand.

I understand the 14 y/o saying it's sexist or binaristic to say she's going to want to hang out with boys. Of course she doesn't know what she's talking about. There's a huge difference between an innocent assumption and trying to undermine people based on their supposed group identity. It's easy not to know that at age 14.

I am not sure college is using the same connotation of free speech we would. Kudos for the shut down of "safe spaces", which may have more to do with keeping enrollment up. However, his wording on controversial speakers and allowing them on campus, sounds like a judgement in itself. They will allow it, even though, no one is expected to believe any of it. It was obviously aimed at conservative speakers. Why not, we expect our students to consider all sides and make informed choices after considering both points of view? I think they are playing to the conservative tution money first and foremost.