'Inclusion' means restricting speech
- Peter Lorenzi
- Dec 4, 2023
- 1 min read
Peter Boghossian explains "inclusion."

Inclusion. What the woke mean by inclusion is “restricting speech.” Here’s how it works. An inclusive space is a welcoming space. And who wouldn’t want to create a welcoming space? But to make people feel welcome, you have to make sure they are not offended, because if they’re offended, they will no longer feel welcome. The best way to make sure people aren’t offended is to exclude certain ideas. In order to exclude certain ideas, you have to make sure people don’t say certain things, things that could make people feel unwelcome. So, an "inclusive space" means “an environment that restricts speech.
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And for his magnificent letter of resignation from his faculty position at the terribly woke -- and going broke -- Portland State University, check out the story here. Below is an excerpt:
Students at Portland State are not being taught to think. Rather, they are being trained to mimic the moral certainty of ideologues. Faculty and administrators have abdicatedthe university’s truth-seeking mission and instead drive intolerance of divergent beliefs and opinions. This has created a culture of offense where students are now afraid to speak openly and honestly.
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