Stephen Colbert's Joke, the Limitations of Twitter, and Society's Inability to Understand Satire | Azhar Majeed: "Episodes like these (and Colbert's) contribute to what FIRE President Greg Lukianoff has dubbed the phenomenon of "unlearning liberty," wherein students and others have internalized the lessons of censorship and intolerance toward views different from their own, and attempt to silence viewpoints they do not share. Sadly, as Greg points out in his book, this phenomenon is getting worse and worse, both on college campuses and in society at large, and it has the potential to rob us of a great deal of necessary discourse and dialogue. Ultimately, if Stephen Colbert cannot make jokes, professors cannot discuss controversial issues, and students cannot even read books in public, it won't be long before everyone has to suffer through their 15 minutes of manufactured shame."
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