{"id":2250,"date":"2018-03-07T02:22:47","date_gmt":"2018-03-07T07:22:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/?p=2250"},"modified":"2018-03-07T02:22:47","modified_gmt":"2018-03-07T07:22:47","slug":"another-cultural-marxist-witch-hunt-against-a-dissident-prof","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/?p=2250","title":{"rendered":"Another Cultural Marxist Witch hunt Against a Dissident Prof."},"content":{"rendered":"

Another Cultural Marxist Witch hunt Against a Dissident Prof.<\/span><\/h1>\n
Make no mistake: Cultural Marxism, with all its intolerance and witch hunting nastiness has deeply infected many social science departments in universities across Canada. Cowardly administrators too often seem to want to shelter student snowflakes from any ideas that might upset them, Intellectual challenge and debate must give way to dreary indoctrination. The latest victim is Professor Rick Mehta of Acadia University in Nova Scotia. And be very clear: It’s the professor’s views — many expressed on his own time on social media –that has sparked the investigation,<\/span><\/div>\n
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The Canadian Press (February 26, 2018) explains: “<\/span>Acadia University has launched a formal investigation into complaints against a professor over controversial comments he made on social media and in the classroom.\u00a0<\/span>Heather Hemming, vice-president academic at the Wolfville, N.S., school, said in a letter to professor Rick Mehta that the university has received complaints from students, faculty and others with concerns about his views.’These concerns relate to the manner in which you are expressing views that you are alleged to be advancing or supporting and, in some instances, time that you are spending on these issues in the classroom,’ she said in a letter on Feb. 13. ‘The university has a legal responsibility to provide an environment free from discrimination, sexual harassment and personal harassment’\u201d Since when did expression of opinions become ”\u00a0discrimination, sexual harassment and personal harassment’?<\/div>\n
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Well, what are those views that have Cultural Marxist snowflakes melting? ”\u00a0Mehta has been outspoken both on campus and on social media about a range of contentious issues including decolonization, immigration, and gender politics, garnering both supporters and opposition.\u00a0He has come under fire for saying multiculturalism is a scam, there\u2019s no wage gap between men and women, and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission has created a victim narrative to prompt ‘endless apologies and compensation.’\u00a0Mehta bills himself as a free-speech advocate trying to build bridges across political divides.” In other words, Prof. Mehta holds views that many people would see as just plain common sense.<\/div>\n
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Already a sneaky bureaucratic form of retribution has been used to punish the freethinking prof. “Meanwhile, Mehta said he is worried the investigation into his commentary may not lead to a fair outcome given the university has already taken steps to reduce his course load. After several years of teaching the large sections of the required introductory psychology courses, he said Acadia has changed his teaching allocation so that he\u2019s teaching smaller courses.”<\/div>\n
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The controversy has sparked a furious debate.<\/div>\n
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The\u00a0Canadian Press (<\/b>March 4, 2018) explained: “A group of Canadian professors dedicated to the defence of academic freedom have condemned the Acadia probe, while Mehta\u2019s designated department head says some students at the Wolfville school say they have stopped attending his class because of his comments. …\u00a0Mark Mercer, president of the Society for Academic Freedom and Scholarship, said in a letter Friday that Mehta\u2019s views may be unpopular but they do not constitute an attack on anyone.<\/p>\n
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$\"\"$ <\/span>Rick Mehta<\/span><\/span>@RickRMehta<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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For those of you following my story, let me be clear: I loathe both racism & violence in all its forms. What I DO stand with is the right of ANYONE to free speech, regardless of how reprehensible I may find it. It’s really that simple. See my attached Free Speech talk for more. https:\/\/<\/span>twitter.com\/RickRMehta\/sta<\/span>tus\/958909526916386816\u00a0<\/span>\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n
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“Mercer, professor and chair of the philosophy department at Saint Mary\u2019s University in Halifax, added in an email that the investigation is a ‘frontal assault on academic freedom’ and warned that investigating a professor for the content of his opinions would cast a chill over campus debates.<\/p>\n
Other professors have also spoken out against the investigation, as well as changes to Mehta\u2019s teaching allocation assigning him smaller courses. …<\/p>\n
In a Feb. 26 letter, Mehta\u2019s designated department head, Rob Raeside, detailed some of the complaints against him, indicating that the level of anxiety in the class is high and some students have stopped attending.’The students have not expressed in writing the precise details of the racist and transphobic comments, but it is clear from their interactions with me that they are extremely disturbed by your comments, some to the point of not going to class,’ said Raeside, an Earth and environmental science professor. Mehta shared the letter on social media.” So, a few student snowflakes are so inarticulate that they can’t even explain their concerns coherently or specifically!<\/p>\n
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“When asked whether he made racist or transphobic remarks, Mehta said ‘perception is very subjective.’\u00a0‘I take those issues very seriously, given my own background as first generation Canadian and having grown up with racism, I\u2019m not going to do that in the classroom,’ he said.\u00a0 ..,. Yet Mehta has ignited outrage for saying multiculturalism is a scam and the decolonization movement aims to create a victim narrative, spur endless apologies and bolster compensation to Indigenous Peoples.<\/p>\n
On Twitter, he has retweeted a post that said it is ‘statistically impossible for all Native children to have had a negative experience with residential schools.’<\/p>\n
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I’m not exaggerating when I state that the entire education system in Canada is corrupt and needs to be rebuilt from the ground up. I’m willing to submit all of my course evaluations and the recordings of my Intro Psych 2 class as evidence that I’m open to diverse perspectives. https:\/\/<\/span>twitter.com\/PatriotLov\/sta<\/span>tus\/970076649374044160\u00a0<\/span>\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Meanwhile, Mehta has also said on Twitter that he stands with Michael Thurlow, leader of the National Socialist Canadian Labour Revival Party. The group posted what were described as racist posters on the University of New Brunswick campus last month.<\/p>\n
In an interview and on Twitter, Mehta clarified that while he doesn’t necessarily agree with Thurlow’s point of view, he stands with his right to express his ideas.<\/p>\n
“For those of you following my story, let me be clear: I loathe both racism and violence in all its forms. What I DO stand with is the right of ANYONE to free speech, regardless of how reprehensible I may find it,” he tweeted.<\/p>\n
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‘or those of you following my story, let me be clear: I loathe both racism and violence in all its forms. What I DO stand with is the right of ANYONE to free speech, regardless of how reprehensible I may find it,\u201d he tweeted.<\/p>\n
Mehta, whose faculty web page notes that he\u2019s recently become interested in studying the lack of viewpoint diversity within universities, said the reason he strays from the textbook is because he doesn\u2019t want to \u201cpresent information that I know and believe to be biased.’<\/p>\n
\u201cMany professors and students \u2026 seek to limit criticism against certain minority groups by conflating hate speech with any speech that offends the sensibilities of those minority groups,\u201d he said in an email. ‘Rather than engage in debate, they are able to simply shut down opponents with a cry of \u2018That\u2019s hate speech.\u201d …<\/p>\n
Yet Concordia University professor Gad Saad said nothing should be considered off-limits in the pursuit of truth.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe idea that hurt feelings should in any way constitute a relevant concern is utter nonsense,\u201d Saad, research chair in Evolutionary Behavioural Sciences and Darwinian Consumption, said in an interview from Montreal. \u201cYou don\u2019t have the flexibility to insult people when you\u2019re a professor. You should be respectful, you should be polite. But hurt feelings don\u2019t supersede the honest pursuit of truth.\u201d<\/p>\n
University of Saskatchewan professor Ken Coates said post-secondary campuses should be places of rigorous debate.’\u00a0I hope that any student that goes to any university is made to feel uncomfortable many times. Universities are not places to go to be comfortable,’ said Coates, Canada Research Chair in Regional Innovation. ‘They\u2019re places to go to be uncomfortable, to have your views challenged.’\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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