16 - Jeffrey Sachs - Free Speech and the Social Justice Left

2:12 Is the free speech crisis on campus over? 4:34 What is deplatforming? 11:06 Should there be a right to debate? 22:07 Have things really got better over the past year and if so why? 25:47 The polarisation of US politics following Trump’s election 31:42 Inflammatory speakers, trolling & outrage culture 32:27 Victimhood culture 55:24 Microaggressions 1:07:32 Over- and underestimating racism 1:09:18 The Covington Catholic affair 1:24:34 Identity politics 1:29:42 The gay rights movement 1:35:15 Equality of opportunity versus equality of outcome 1:52:48 Have there been changes in the atmosphere on campus over the past five years? You can follow Jeffrey on Twitter @JeffreyASachs. His recent articles on campus culture and free speech can be found here: https://niskanencenter.org/blog/the-campus-free-speech-crisis-ended-last-year/ here: https://niskanencenter.org/blog/there-is-no-campus-free-speech-crisis-a-close-look-at-the-evidence/ and here: https://heterodoxacademy.org/viewpoint-diversity-community-partisanship/ Other references: Victor Frankl, Man’s Search for Meaning (1946) René Girard, Violence and the Sacred (1972) Glenn Loury and Sam Harris in conversation about police violence against African-Americans: https://samharris.org/racism-and-violence-in-america/