Texas A&M Professor Censored: Plato Removed Due to Gender Rules
The immediate subject is the shocking news that Texas A&M University has instructed a professor not to teach Plato due to the institution’s concerns about gender-related rules. This situation, as documented by Dr. Peterson, is, to put it mildly, an eyebrow-raiser. The response from the university appears to be a form of censorship, dictating the curriculum and limiting academic freedom. The irony, as many people have pointed out, is thick enough to cut with a knife: Plato, a figure foundational to Western thought and often seen as a purist and conservative himself, is now deemed too “woke” for a university.
The professor, in an effort to comply with the new restrictions, had to replace the original module on Plato with lectures on free speech and academic freedom.… Continue reading