Cancel culture backfires as thousands of students sign up for professor’s lecture

>> THAT PUSH TO CANCEL >> THAT PUSH TO CANCEL HIM BACKFIRING AS THOUSANDS REGISTER TO ATTEND HIS REGISTER NOW RESCHEDULED. AUDREY WILL BE ATTENDING THE SPEECH AND SHE JOINS US NOW. WHY WAS IT IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO BE A PART OF THIS COMEBACK STORY FOR THIS PROFESSOR? >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME AND I AM SO, SO EXCITED TO ATTEND PROFESSOR ABBOTT’S SPEECH NEXT WEEK. I HAVE KNOWN PROFESSOR ABBOTT FOR ABOUT A YEAR NOW. HE’S A GEOPHYSICIST AND PROFESSOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WHERE I’M CURRENTLY A SENIOR AND AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO I COFOUNDED THE CHICAGO SINKER WHICH IS A STUDENT NEWSPAPER WHERE ON THE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF AND WE ARE DEDICATED TO CHALLENGING THE MOB’S CRUSADE AGAINST FREE SPEECH AND I HAVE TO SAY THAT PROFESSOR ABBOTT IS A SEEN AS ONE OF THE FEW FACULTY MEMBERS WILLING RIGHT NOW TO PUT HIS NAME AND CAREER ON THE LINE IN ORDER TO DEFEND FREE SPEECH AND HE’S ALWAYS SAID THAT HE’S NOT A PARTICULARLY POLITICAL PERSON AND HAS NEVER THOUGHT OF HIMSELF AS A POLITICAL PERSON, BUT HE’S EXTRAORDINARILY BRAVE AND REALLY, REALLY LEADING THE CHARGE RIGHT NOW AGAINST THE CANCEL MOB AND I’M SO GRATEFUL FOR THAT. >> UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO AND PRINCETON USUALLY NOT PUSHING BACK AGAINST THE CANCEL MOB, USUALLY JOINING IN, NOT THIS TIME. HERE’S AN EXCERPT FROM THE NEWSWEEK EDITORIAL HE PUT OUT, THE WORDS DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION ARE OFTEN SUPPORTED BY WELL-INTENTIONED PEOPLE BUT THE EFFECTS HAVE THE OPPOSITE REQUIRING BEING WILLING TO TELL AN APPLICANT I WILL IGNORE YOUR MERITS AND QUALIFICATIONS AND DENY ADMISSION BECAUSE YOU BELONG TO THE WRONG GROUP. WE PROPOSE AN ALTERNATIVE CALLED MERIT, FAIRNESS AND EQUALITY WHEREBY THE UNIVERSITY APPLICANTS ARE TREATED AS INDIVIDUALS AND EVALUATED THROUGH A RIGOROUS NONBIASED PROCESS BASED ON THEIR MERITS, AND QUALIFICATIONS ALONE. I AM HEARTENED BY THE STORY IN A WAY, BUT ALSO SURPRISED, AUDREY. THIS IS AN ANOMALY, ISN’T IT? >> YEAH, YEAH I THINK SO , BUT I HOPE THAT PROFESSOR ABBOTT’S CANCELLATION IS ONE OF THE LAST AND IF-- MAYBE THAT’S NAÏVE, BUT I’M HEARTENED BY THE AMAZING SUPPORT HE HAS GONE FROM ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY, COUNTLESS SUPPORTERS HERE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO AND BEYOND AND I REALLY HOPE WE AMERICANS CAN KEEP SHOWING THE WOKE MOB THEY AREN’T GOING TO WIN AND WE WILL STAND BY ONE AND NOT LET INTELLIGENT WELL-INTENTIONED VOICES BE CANCELED. >> PEOPLE SHOULD BE REWARDED FOR THEIR SUCCESS, HARD WORK AND THAT’S CALLED MERIT. I EARNED IT AND YOU DON’T WANT TO GET SOMETHING HANDED TO YOU FOR ANY OTHER REASON APPEAR AUDREY, THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS ON TAKING SUCH ACTION AT SUCH A YOUNG AGE.

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Length: 3min 10sec (190 seconds)

Published: Tue Oct 12 2021