The land of the free - mutta ilmaisunvapaus onkin harvojen herkkua
Artikkeli Guardian
You can say what you like in the US, just as long as you don’t ask awkward questions about America’s role in the Middle East
Douglas Giles is a recent casualty. He used to teach a class on world religions at Roosevelt University, Chicago, founded in memory of FDR and his liberal-inclined wife, Eleanor. Last year, Giles was ordered by his head of department, art historian Susan Weininger, not to allow students to ask questions about Palestine and Israel; in fact, nothing was to be mentioned in class, textbooks and examinations that could possibly open Judaism to criticism.
Students, being what they are, did not go along with the ban. A young woman, originally from Pakistan, asked a question about Palestinian rights. Someone complained and Professor Giles was promptly fired.
Jos oppilaat eivät enää saa luokassa kysyä mitä mieleen juolahtaa, luulisi että maa josta puhutaan on Pohjois-Korea tai entinen Neuvostoliitto. Ei. Näin on maassa, jota vihataan muualla ‘heidän vapauden, elämäntavan ja demokratian vuoksi‘. Kuulemma.
Artikkeli Guardian
You can say what you like in the US, just as long as you don’t ask awkward questions about America’s role in the Middle East
Douglas Giles is a recent casualty. He used to teach a class on world religions at Roosevelt University, Chicago, founded in memory of FDR and his liberal-inclined wife, Eleanor. Last year, Giles was ordered by his head of department, art historian Susan Weininger, not to allow students to ask questions about Palestine and Israel; in fact, nothing was to be mentioned in class, textbooks and examinations that could possibly open Judaism to criticism.
Students, being what they are, did not go along with the ban. A young woman, originally from Pakistan, asked a question about Palestinian rights. Someone complained and Professor Giles was promptly fired.
Jos oppilaat eivät enää saa luokassa kysyä mitä mieleen juolahtaa, luulisi että maa josta puhutaan on Pohjois-Korea tai entinen Neuvostoliitto. Ei. Näin on maassa, jota vihataan muualla ‘heidän vapauden, elämäntavan ja demokratian vuoksi‘. Kuulemma.
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Vanhimmat
Valitettavasti USA on lipunnut yhä enemmän pohjois korean kaltaiseksi mitä mpropagandaan ja sensuuriin tulee.
Ollessani siellä havaitsin miten biasoinnut heidän valtamedia onkaan ja millaista valheellista propagandaa se syöttää tosi tyhmille massoille!
Olen erittäinkin huolissani länsimaitten tulevaisuudesta.