PERSPECTIVES: Calling the Kettle “Kirk”

FROM INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION: “While there’s no set definition of the term, critics in higher ed have balked at the depiction of Kirk as an icon of civil discourse, pointing to demeaning statements he made about Islam, Black people, and transgender individuals, among others, as well as his embrace of the lie that Trump actually won the 2020 presidential election. They also cite Turning Point USA’s Professor Watchlist, which calls out faculty whom the organization alleges “discriminate against conservative students and advance leftist propaganda in the classroom” and supplies contact information so people can call and complain to universities.” Read more here.

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