 Prof Put on Leave for Comparing Black Lives Matter to KKK in Facebook comment.  Free speech?
The University of Virginia announced Friday that a professor has agreed to take leave after posting a Facebook comment that called Black Lives Matter racist and compared it to the Klu Klux Klan.
In a Friday statement to the campus, Provost Tom Katsouleas slammed business professor Douglas Muir’s Facebook post, emphasizing the university’s commitment to fighting racism and social injustice.
Katsouleas seemed to say that Muir’s opinion, in and of itself, threatened free speech on campus.
The university’s commitment to social justice “in no way squelches academic freedom, which welcomes dissent and encourages the voices of others whose perspectives may differ from ours—thereby adding new insights to our own,†Katsouleas wrote. “But statements such as Mr. Muir’s do not foster intellectual exploration, nor do they encourage the voices of others. … We can engage in healthy debate and respectful disagreement without offering insults that suppress the free expression of ideas.â€
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Firenze Sage:  We encourage free speech that we feel fosters intellectual exploration and encourage voices of others. And we decide if it does!! Do these academics even read what they write?
