With pride, together we observe one must meet reason with reason.
For in that way we learn to live with others where otherwise
in lesser times
one would find reason met with power.
So – what is showcased here in the Hallowed Halls
of Stanford Law
where speech is said to be free?
Upon the visit of a judge to speak upon a topic quite benign
with no dispute to find
instead found protests on crimes of judgment.
But truly crimes? Crimes of past judgments made? Who might be the judge of that?
– for if speech is not free to be heard
how is one to know the truth?
Is there one to tell us?
Jeers and public shaming and wishes for rape upon his daughters
were the shouts
from the crowd before he began to speak.
And never did he speak that day for the U.S. Marshalls amidst the mayhem
thought it best
to safely take him away.
The website of those Hallowed Halls of Learning touts its
“collegial culture”
in which “collaboration”
and idea exchange
“are essential to life and learning.”
But what did reason meet that day in the Hallowed Halls of Stanford Law?
not collaboration,
or idea exchange.
Therefore – the essentials to life and learning are not offered here? Then where is the value
of Stanford Law
and its Hallowed Halls?
(The Random Poet:03192023)
www.therandompoet.com)
<<<<selected sources on Stanford Law: reuters.com-Nate Raymond&Karen Sloan-3/10/23; bloomberglaw.com-Vivi Chen-3/15/23; wsj.com-Stuart Duncan-3/18/23; internet search-Stanford Law protest-3/9/23; additional sources on the suppression of free speech on university campuses include: alumnifreespeechalliance.org; cornellfreespeech.com; princetoniansforfreespeech.com; thejeffersoncouncil.com; academicfreedom.org >>>>
ATTENTION university alumni. How does your university compare to the happenings at Stanford?