https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/350203417/uni-discussions-professor-after-implying-govt-were-death-cult
As Russell Brown has pointed out:
"The problem here is that government controls the public money on
which universities rely. When a governing party repeatedly searches
out and names individual critics within that system, it is always an
implicit threat."
The problem for the government is that while ACT has openly embraced
free speech as a worthwhile principle - which indeed it is, but are
now making clear that free speech should be a one way privilege . . .
I have no problems with the university pointing out to the professor
that the words are perhaps a little stronger than needed, but to have
a government party threaten individual academics for opinions on
Twitter is perhaps an illustration of hypocrisy, but also a
possibility hat ACT have only pretended to support free speech for
political purposes.
As Russell Brown has pointed out:Wrong - government have evry right to involve themselves in the performance of anything they fund. Internal criticism is performance related.
"The problem here is that government controls the public money on
which universities rely. When a governing party repeatedly searches
out and names individual critics within that system, it is always an
implicit threat."
The problem for the government is that while ACT has openly embracedNo they are not - that is a lie.
free speech as a worthwhile principle - which indeed it is, but are
now making clear that free speech should be a one way privilege . . .
I have no problems with the university pointing out to the professorAnd perhaps you are writing political rhetoric, in fact I know you are. Your implication is of course typical.
that the words are perhaps a little stronger than needed, but to have
a government party threaten individual academics for opinions on
Twitter is perhaps an illustration of hypocrisy, but also a
possibility hat ACT have only pretended to support free speech for
political purposes.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/350203417/uni-discussions-professor-after-implying-govt-were-death-cult
As Russell Brown has pointed out:
"The problem here is that government controls the public money on
which universities rely. When a governing party repeatedly searches
out and names individual critics within that system, it is always an
implicit threat."
The problem for the government is that while ACT has openly embraced
free speech as a worthwhile principle - which indeed it is, but are
now making clear that free speech should be a one way privilege . . .
I have no problems with the university pointing out to the professor
that the words are perhaps a little stronger than needed, but to have
a government party threaten individual academics for opinions on
Twitter is perhaps an illustration of hypocrisy, but also a
possibility hat ACT have only pretended to support free speech for
political purposes.
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