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Jennifer Mnookin: “Fire for a period of time was taking heat, probably more…”

Featuring: Jennifer Mnookin, Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin–Madison

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For Me, But Not For Thee: Free Expression in Higher Education

Published | Video Starts at 14:32

And one of those rights is your opinion, your ability to tell your story. That was a pretty good elevator speech. Thank you for that. I guess I'd like to make it concrete around fire. So Fire for a period of time was taking heat, probably more from the left than the right for its regular criticism of some of what was happening, including on college campuses. where there was coddling from your perspective, or there was a reluctance to have robust engagement, especially in spaces that felt like that was going to cause a sense of harm or discomfort to people from more marginalized communities. (14:32–14:48)

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Asserts that the organization "Fire" faced criticism primarily from the left for its stance on college campuses.

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