Two things can be true at once:
1. There is an issue with hostility some academics have faced on some issues
2. Another academic who himself uses threats of legal action to bully colleagues into silence is not a good faith champion of the free speech cause
How about Selina Todd, Kathleen Stock, Jo Phoenix, Rachel Ara, Sarah Honeychurch, Michele Moore, Nina Power, Joanna Williams, Jenny Murray, Julia Gasper ...
— Matt Goodwin (@GoodwinMJ) February 17, 2021
Or is it only Eric you pop at?
Are they all making it up too Rob?
Are they "beyond parody"? https://t.co/drQssTD0OL
https://t.co/fnUEFR6Niq
Have to say this does look very bad indeed - public attacks on a young academic not in a position to defend himself, with sweeping moralistic claims about his research (but no specifics). Social media witch hunts are not how academia is supposed to work: https://t.co/WCFpdn7HbP
— Rob Ford (@robfordmancs) December 7, 2018
https://t.co/9wQwoqnWDp
Things ain't simple. It's perfectly consistent to believe the following: 1) a government appointed free speech czar is a terrible idea & undesirable 2) many members of academia don't notice or feel any restriction on the free expression of their views 3) some members of academia
— Colin Mills (@OxSoc) February 18, 2021