What the New York Times College Cancel Culture Essay Gets Wrong About Censorship

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Apparently, after this article became viral, the people at MSNBC decided to write a counterargument. 

What the New York Times' college cancel culture essay gets wrong about censorship
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opin...g-n1291244

I see that colleges have overstepped their bounds attempting to regulate conduct outside school grounds, which can include a dress code.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-wo...story.html

As far as what goes on inside schools, I agree that some stuff is overblown, so I agree somewhat with parts of the article.

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Apparently, after this article became viral, the people at MSNBC decided to write a counterargument. 

What the New York Times' college cancel culture essay gets wrong about censorship
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opin...g-n1291244

I see that colleges have overstepped their bounds attempting to regulate conduct outside school grounds, which can include a dress code.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-wo...story.html

As far as what goes on inside schools, I agree that some stuff is overblown, so I agree somewhat with parts of the article.

I think the MSNBC article has it right. People disagreeing with you, even passionately, is not censorship. And learning when it's worth speaking up and when it's not is an invaluable part of growing up. The worst classes and group situations is when no one self censors and just says every single thing on their mind. No one thinks I am as fascinating as I think I am, and vice versa.

I didn't see the dress code issue addressed in the Chicago Tribune article. Am I correct in assuming that's mostly at religious colleges? I just say that because the only cases of that happening I am familiar with are at Brigham Young University, which is a religious college and highly regulates off-campus behavior. There was something a year or two ago about a female student being called in to the honor code office over how she'd been dressed in a social media post (exposed shoulders or something like that).

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I didn't see the dress code issue addressed in the Chicago Tribune article. Am I correct in assuming that's mostly at religious colleges? I just say that because the only cases of that happening I am familiar with are at Brigham Young University, which is a religious college and highly regulates off-campus behavior. There was something a year or two ago about a female student being called in to the honor code office over how she'd been dressed in a social media post (exposed shoulders or something like that).

Yes, I think this is mostly religious colleges.