Yale University philosophy professor Jason Stanley announced his move to Canada, expressing concerns over the Trump administration's targeting of academic freedoms and anti-Semitic protestors on campus. He criticized Columbia University for succumbing to political pressure, deeming it a significant threat to academic freedom. Stanley emphasized that his decision was also motivated by his parental duties, warning that the current political climate could lead to broader targeting of academics. He described a looming threat of 'stochastic terrorism' that fosters fear and suppresses free speech within universities.
This crackdown, Columbia's capitulation to this is a grave sign about the future of academic freedom.
The message is that they're going to do a kind of stochastic terrorism against our country.
They're going to target people one by one so that those who are in fear will shut up, essentially.
Stanley said he had taken a pay cut to head for more northerly pastures.
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