'Free speech is not about being sensitive,' Says Chapman University President

Jim Doti speaks out on campus free speech issues and the value of a liberal arts degree.

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'Free speech is not about being sensitive,' Says Chapman University President

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Comedians such as Jerry Seinfield and Chris Rock aren't the only people who feel college campuses have grown intolerant of free speech. Jim Doti, President of Chapman University, shares their concerns and says campuses are worse off now than they were ten or twenty years ago.

"People [increasingly] feel that they are victims of some kind of social stigmatization, and as a result you have to be very, very sensitive," says Doti, "and free speech is not about being sensitive."

Reason TV sat down with Doti at this year's Freedom Fest  to discuss the decline of campus free speech, why he thinks "multi-cultural" centers at colleges are a bad thing, and the value of a liberal arts education. 

About 7 minutes.

Edited by Amanda Winkler. Shot by Paul Detrick and Meredith Bragg.

Watch the video above for the full interview and scroll down for downloadable versions. Subscribe to Reason TV's YouTube channel for daily content like this.

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[Jimbo]

He'll be fired soon.

[UCrawford]

Since he works for a private, Christian college, he'll probably be okay.

[Free Society]

This university president is about to get a dose of social justice. Doesn't he know his words, by running contrary to the opinion of millennial hivemind, are triggering negative emotions from people?

[BearOdinson]

I count at least three microaggressions in just the one sentence quoted in the article (haven't watched the interview yet). Bastard should be burned alive!

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People who never learned how to analyze ideas or have critical thought are the ones screaming micro-aggression at everything. Since you can't win or even understand an argument, the only thing you have is shutting down debate.

But then again, facts, logic and reason are just oppressive tools of the euro-centric patriarchy, amiright?

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If you are worrying about micro-aggressions, you are definitively in the First World.

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The fresh air of free speech and open dissent waft through the commons...

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