"Why can't feminists, like other people, be valued for what they get right—for the questions they raise and the productive lines of thought they open up—rather than declared personae non gratae for what they get wrong? It's hard to find an intellectually curious, energetic writer or scholar or activist or human being who hasn't said or written something very, very mistaken. But you can still learn from them—if only how better to argue against them. And if that's too upsetting, you can always stay home."
Katha Pollitt in The Nation criticizes those who "have tried to force universities to cancel speakers they've decided are beyond the pale."
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