If you can’t defend your views to a person in a position of authority, you are not cut out for higher education.
Even when you can defend your perspective, when the position of authority wields power, you're disincentivized by the system.
This isn’t primary school.
There is also a wide gulf between "defending your views" and "being berated". Especially given the power differential between student and professor - is the student supposed to fight back, and risk antagonizing the professor?
I thought one of the defining traits of the US left was sensitivity to such power imbalances.
Would you defend a professor berating in front of the class someone exposing the views of their minoritary religion?
Universities are not job training and professors are not your primary school teacher. They are serious academics whose writings and work can have global, multi-generational impacts. If you can’t go toe to toe with them and tell them why they might be full of shit, you’re just taking up valuable space and should go find an appropriate trade school for the low-responsibility lifestyle you actually want to lead.
Probably not.
The European court clairfied that it covered "views that attain a certain level of cogency, seriousness, cohesion and importance” or ”a coherent view on fundamental problems”."
Article 9 is titled: Freedom of thought, belief and religion. They very much view political and religions belief to be completely similar in the eyes of the law. An Atheism has just as much protection to believe and practice their belief as an Christan.
The law does not distinguish between a person speaking politics in the town center and a religious leader speaking religion. The same rights and restrictions apply, which is why for example a religious leader can get thrown in jail if they encourage violence against non-belives, just like how someone that encourage violence against people with dark skin will also be charged and thrown in jail.
Why are we expected to put the line at religion when "berating" someone's beliefs?
The article in the human rights declaration defending the individual freedom to a particular religion and a political view is exactly the same. Therefore I expect the exact same treatment to be applied in both cases. It's you that should explain how do you see one having special status over the other.