Academics Are Really Worried About Cancel Culture – The Atlantic
However, hard evidence points to a different reality. This year, the Heterodox Academy conducted an internal member survey of 445 academics. Imagine expressing your views about a controversial issue while at work, at a time when faculty, staff, and/or other colleagues were present. To what extent would you worry about the following consequences? To the hypothetical My reputation would be tarnished, 32.68 percent answered very concerned and 27.27 percent answered extremely concerned. To the hypothetical My career would be hurt, 24.75 percent answered very concerned and 28.68 percent answered extremely concerned. In other words, more than half the respondents consider expressing views beyond a certain consensus in an academic setting quite dangerous to their career trajectory.
Obviously! It’s too late for me, and most conservatives and libertarians just elect not to go into law school teaching, and if they go into social science or the humanities, well, they won’t get far. But this will be the least of our problems, I fear.