Censor-happy GSU
Re: “Who’s oppressing whom?”, Letters, Nov. 8.
Wow…Mr. Peter Riad, your comments in regard to Tod Dickson’s initial letter to The Varsity are completely inappropriate. It doesn’t matter what kind of censorship and suppression of free speech goes on in the USA: this is U of T in Canada for crying out loud!
It seems you’re trying to justify a mega screw-up on the part of the GSU by saying it’s okay for us to practice the same bullshit that YOU say is practiced by the very nation you are slandering.
The GSU was way out of line in silencing Mr. Dickson, even if they were shocked by his comments at their event. I believe they might even be in violation of a SAC equity policy.
No one at U of T has the right to silence others of a different opinion. That’s the deal with being a liberally-minded university. If you don’t like it, go study somewhere else.
Quentin Stossel
