Let’s Cancel Cancel Culture
Crimson | Jacob Miller
Jacob Miller ‘25 opines on the free speech problem— “I see it all around me — friends confide in me that they feel like voicing their true opinions in this very newspaper could dash their dreams of admission to medical school. Others feel punished and ostracized for expressing their actual views…”
“Although Harvard officially endorses free speech,” he writes, “the makeup of this institution, with fewer than 2 percent of our faculty and only nine percent of the class of 2025 identifying as conservative, suggests that any type of open dialogue is unbalanced at best…conservative students should not be such a rare minority, nor should they be shunned for their beliefs.”
As for Veritas? “When speech is policed, echo chambers arise, and the pursuit of truth becomes more difficult.”
“Here at Harvard, in our own progressive milieu, there are small steps we can each take towards breaking our liberal echo chamber. Listen to your conservative peers, don’t just shut them down. Take classes with professors that challenge your beliefs. Read widely. This won’t solve the larger national problem, but it is a step in the right direction.”
