Reply #150: death or lost revenue? [View All]

I don't buy the death threat excuse for a minute. Hamilton revoked the invitation because they got a lot of heat from donors, not because of threats of violence. And it is a good thing too. Churchill should not be given a platform. But that does not mean that he should lose tenure. Like you, I am an academic and I value academic freedom.

Also, if Stalin or Hitler were involved, there would be no death threats, just death - Churchill, you, me (for defending his right to hold his views). The comparison to Stalin is a classic irony of the incomensurate. If this country was anything like Stalin's Russia, New England would be sealed off, all food there would be exported, millions would starve, and millions more would be shot or sent to gulags in Alaska. No hyperbole or exaggeration, because that is exactly what happened in the Ukraine.

By the way, in an interview Churchill said that the families of 9/11 victims who protested his invitation to Hamilton, and who had a lot to do with the revoking of the invitation, were equivalent to terrorists. He is free to say that, but if I were a donor to Hamilton I'd call them up and tell them that if they dared invite him to speak they would never see another dime. I call that my freedom of speech and my freedom from hate speech.