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In Wake of Arday Scandal, European Elite Institutions Attack Free Speech

The Western value of free speech appears to be hitting a terminal phase outside the United States, especially in the Anglosphere where censorship in the name of political correctness now runs rampant.

That’s my takeaway from the ongoing “Arday affair” which, if anything, solidifies just how pathological and ultimately tyrannical the DEI obsession has become in elite institutions in Europe and the United States.

In case you haven’t been following, this story revolves around Cambridge University professor Jason Arday.

Arday was considered a star black studies scholar at Cambridge and was touted by the media in glowing profile after glowing profile. His inspirational biography of overcoming illiteracy and autism while accomplishing countless incredible feats and ascending to a professorship was widely touted.

Unfortunately, much of his biography appears to have been fabricated and a good chunk of his scholarship was outed for being plagiarized.

I keep saying “was” because his story has become quite tragic.

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When he got exposed and the accusations piled up, Arday killed himself.

It’s a terrible end to this whole ugly affair. But none of it would have happened if Cambridge hadn’t elevated a con man.

You’d think that the British academe would be eager to fix the........

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