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I love academics complaining about lack of free speech while exercising said right. They seem to confuse right to free speech with freedom from criticism.

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Academics? Almost all of the free speech complaints I see these days come from the right, from people who would feel insulted if you called them an academic.

How do you define academic? For me it's essentially a synonym of a research scientist at a university. And that definition clearly fits Haidt.

>Jonathan David Haidt is an American social psychologist and author. He is the Thomas Cooley Professor of Ethical Leadership at the New York University Stern School of Business.

Also, the title makes it obvious that he is no expert on mental illness. He's a business school professor.

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