Speech in Colleges and Universities

Question 1

Heckler’s Veto

Answer 1

heckling, shouting, causing a commotion to reject a speaker

Question 2

Where is free speech a main issue in universities?

Answer 2

With visiting speakers

Question 3

Information about heckler’s veto

Answer 3

-has risen recently; different from the 60s and 70s when college campuses welcomed speakers
-because of the atmosphere, many refuse to speak at colleges

Question 4

What issue is presented by the heckler’s veto?

Answer 4

-People have the right to hear
-colleges have rules to maintain order, so the heckler’s veto is not allowed on college campuses
-Ex: can’t block the speaker’s entrance

Question 5

What is the main political affiliation of those who participate in the heckler’s veto

Answer 5

Mainly from the left since campuses are left-leaning

Question 6

Why do campuses create speech codes?

Answer 6

They believe certain words are harmful and speech can be violent
-those who call words violent have not experiences physical violence so arguably a privileged belief

Question 7

What is the tragedy of the modern university?

Answer 7

You’re not presented will all sides, so not being educated to the best of their ability
-because campus lean to the left, you only hear caricatures of different positions (should be hearing them from people who believe them)

Question 8

Repression comes from social conformity

Answer 8

-campuses are very conformist places
-leads to less diversity of opinion
-less supportive of free exchange of ideas the more years spent on campus
-not conforming can get you int trouble – can lead to fear of speaking mind
-need heard arguments and diversity of ideas

Question 9

Why is it important that ideas are challenged?

Answer 9

-can lead to acceptance and growth
-intellectual growth doesn’t;t occur near your comfort zone

Question 10

What are effects of censorship?

Answer 10

-turns them into free speech martyrs
-forces them to seek out destructive means
-drives people underground so you can no longer keep track of them
-forces people to lie so they don’t get in trouble
-important to know what public opinion is
-boomerang effect

Question 11

What is the best tool for changing people’s minds and arriving at the truth?

Answer 11

words

Question 12

Boomerang effect/Streisand effect

Answer 12

when you censor information, people want it more

Question 13

Issues with trying to censor speech

Answer 13

-running to authorities because of speech you don’t like won’y always be on your side
-if speech os prohibited, who is going tomato that call

Question 14

What is the master value of liberal democratic societies?

Answer 14

Freedom of speech

Question 15

What is the university’s core mission?

Answer 15

Discovering truth and disseminating knowledge

Question 16

Where does the biggest threat to free speech come from?

Answer 16

Not from the government, but from peers, employers, and the internet

Question 17

What is the root cause for restrictions on free speech

Answer 17

Lack of faith in fellow humans