11-09-2023, 01:20 PM
A nice article about the President of FIRE, Greg Lukianoff: Sick of Cancel Culture? One Man Has a Surprising Solution. - POLITICO
Lukianoff is a Stanford Law School grad. Politics makes strange bedfellows; even though FIRE gets a substantial amount of funding from the Koch brothers, Lukianoff himself is a Progressive.
And, as the article notes FIRE has consistently opposed threats towards freedom of expression, regardless of whether it has come from the left or the right.
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Lukianoff is a Stanford Law School grad. Politics makes strange bedfellows; even though FIRE gets a substantial amount of funding from the Koch brothers, Lukianoff himself is a Progressive.
Quote:A near sui generis figure in American legal history, he’s the rarest of creatures in modern public life: someone dedicated to elevating principle over tribalism, a progressive who’s willing to ally himself with anyone — even the Koch brothers — who supports his larger cause.
And, as the article notes FIRE has consistently opposed threats towards freedom of expression, regardless of whether it has come from the left or the right.
Quote:The books are a call for humility and extending grace, at least temporarily, for the sake of clarification; for reason and due process over emotion and rushes to judgment; and an acknowledgment of the difficulty of resolving questions of fairness by situated actors.
It’s almost the precise opposite of modern academic and political discourse.
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