Harvey Silverglate
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And it's very good to know who doesn't like you.
It's useful.
It is essential information to know who doesn't like you.
If everybody is forced to say, I love you, and nobody can say, I hate you, you get a false view of what life is all about.
Outside of the university.
Outside of the university.
I mean, you do graduate eventually.
Correct.
And you don't do it by treating you like a little flower.
They protect you from physical assault.
If somebody physically assaults you,
then they get punished.
But they shouldn't protect you against insult.
because that is a violation of academic freedom, the freedom of the insulter to insult you.
And also, as I said, it's very useful to know who doesn't like you.
It's useful for the so-called victim.
I think it's to say, I want to know who doesn't like me.
It's as important to me as knowing who likes me.
I think that's true.
I think the insulter eventually will wear out his or her welcome.