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...right and prudent to hear and to confront those who hold appalling views; I do not believe that even the most fervent commitment to free speech and inquiry requires us to honor them (News, “In About-Face, English Dept. Re-Invites Anti-Israeli Poet,” Nov. 20). Tom Paulin apparently agrees with my second point and has argued that a poet’s reputation ought to be reevaluated in the light of his politics...
...unable to attend the English department meeting at which the faculty voted to again honor Tom Paulin with the Morris Gray Lectureship, and so have, by my own doing, forfeited my right to have my opposition to renewing that honor formally counted. With respect to that decision, I acknowledge that principled people can disagree about precisely what principle—free speech or the exercise of judgement—is applicable in this case...
...this is correct, and if Paulin accepts our invitation, I would like to inform him that I, a professor of poetry and an Israeli citizen, will be a participant in the event. We have announced our commitment to unfettered speech; I can only hope that Paulin will either honor his own contrary commitments or publicly renounce them...
...Crimson Staff bases its critique of the reinvitation of Tom Paulin on points irrelevant to the current debate (Editorial, “Bestowing an Undue Honor,” Nov. 21). Paulin’s statements were not based upon any “racial or ethnic bias” but were directed towards specific people in Israel, and not Jews in general. The Staff claims Paulin has not retracted his statements, but in another Crimson article (News, "Paulin Likely to Speak in Spring,” Nov. 21), Paulin is quoted as saying...
While Palazzo was happy to honor his old teammate, it just wasn’t the same...