I was pleased to see that. “Respect” is a slippery slope which leads to “you have to agree with everything we say or you are not respecting us.” Au contraire, when I respect you, I disagree with you. You have an opinion worthy of disagreement which has made me think.
Thoroughly agree, Katy, thanks for your commitment to free speech and academic freedom!
Thank you Neil.
Hear, hear! Please count me among your friends in academia
I very much do! Thank you Luke.
Wisdom….I see a book of essays on the horizon
My husband made this point too, just now. It’s a SIGN!
Cambridge Uni rejected "respect" in its guidelines, instead voted for "tolerance". Language matters.
https://www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/university-of-cambridge-free-speech-vote-tolerance-wins-over-respect-9144582/
I was pleased to see that. “Respect” is a slippery slope which leads to “you have to agree with everything we say or you are not respecting us.” Au contraire, when I respect you, I disagree with you. You have an opinion worthy of disagreement which has made me think.