Exodus of the Wrongthinkers from American Universities
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Colleges used to encourage the exchange of challenging ideas. Now faculty members who challenge students’ beliefs are being forced to leave the profession.
One sentence in a blog post almost ruined Thomas Smith’s career.
“If you believe that the coronavirus did not escape from the lab in Wuhan, you have to at least consider that you are an idiot who is swallowing whole a lot of Chinese cock swaddle,” commented Smith, 65, a law professor at the University of San Diego.
He wrote it back in 2021, in a piece que…
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