Ex-Georgetown Professor: How today's thought police really operate 6/9/22

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Ilya Shapiro was due to start his new job as senior lecturer and executive director of Georgetown's Law Centre for the Constitution. But this week, he quit. All because of a single Tweet.

Freddie Sayers invited Shapiro to the studio to understand how censorship under the guise of 'diversity and inclusion' at Georgetown had played a part in his resignation.

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// TIMECODES //

00:00 - 01:21 - Introduction
01:21 - 06:24 - Ilya Shapiro tells the story of his Supreme Court tweet
06:24 - 08:59 - How does Georgetown's Law Centre react to the tweet?
08:59 - 12:43 - Investigated by the offices of human resources and Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Affirmative Action
12:43 - 15:35 - The Dean of Georgetown Law Centre issues a statement
15:35 - 19:28 - Despite this saga, Ilya Shapiro has a new job - what would he say to his critics?
19:28 - 23:37 - Should offence-taking perspectives trump intent?
23:37 - 26:01 - Why is Biden’s choosing a Supreme Court justice by their race, wrong?
26:01 - 28:22 - How serious is the censorship and cancel culture situation in academia?
28:22 - 29:21 - Concluding thoughts

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