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I read it too, they're saying this is different because they agree with them.

Pretty much every example of lecturers being cancelled in the last 5 years is for the same unrelated reasons.

It's boring, so you're a fan of this one guy and suddenly it's an issue? Please.

I mean, not being super familiar with this guy outside of what is presented in the article, there does seem to be a pretty important difference between someone like Milo and an actual academic giving an academic talk. I see why some would worry about cancelling a talk by the former (despite him being utterly repugnant and bringing nothing of substance to the audience), but the latter cancellation seems worse to me.

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