Postscript: Ilya Shapiro and Georgetown

Another postscript: June 9. Read the interview of Ilya Shapiro on Townhall.com

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/spencerbrown/2022/06/07/i-finally-feel-free-ilya-shapiro-tells-his-side-of-the-georgetown-saga-n2608301

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Several days ago I mentioned Georgetown Law School's "rehiring" of Ilya Shapiro after a four-month investigation into his tweet criticizing President Biden's policy on Supreme Court nominations. 

Well...things have changed, drastically. Based on the report published by the Law School's Office of Institutional Diversity, Equity, and Affirmative Action (IDEAA), Shapiro decided he could not remain in his position as Executive Director of the law school's Center for the Constitution and submitted his resignation.

In response to the IDEAA's report, a report that clearly demonstrates Georgetown's intolerance for diversity of thought, Shapiro wrote a letter of resignation that thoroughly addresses the school's embracing of cancellation culture in which only so-called "progressive" opinions are permitted. His letter of four scathing pages is worth reading and can be found here on Twitter:

Ilya Shapiro on Twitter: "Here’s my resignation letter from @GeorgetownLaw, a place that doesn’t value free speech. In the name of DEI, it stifles intellectual diversity, undermines equal opportunity, and excludes dissenting voices. https://t.co/KrAlfTEk7z" / Twitter

A Georgetown spokesperson responded with the following:

"Georgetown urges members of our community to engage in robust and respectful dialogue. Our speech and expression policy promotes free and open inquiry, deliberation, and debate and does not prohibit speech based on the person presenting ideas or the content of those ideas, even when those ideas may be difficult, controversial, or objectionable...While we protect speech and expression, we work to promote civil and respectful discourse. In reviewing Mr. Shapiro's conduct, the University followed the regular processes for members of the Law Center staff."

The dishonesty of this response is apparent if you take the time to read Shapiro's letter. 

As I mentioned in that earlier post, I attended Georgetown's School of Foreign Service for a year prior to entering the Naval Academy. I have kept in touch as a (sort of) alumnus and receive the school's quarterly alumni magazine just to keep up with its devolving values. In truth, the university has changed so much since my time there in the early 1960s that I am ashamed to claim any allegiance. Georgetown has essentially ceased to be a Catholic or Jesuit university, and simply mirrors the godless values that typify so many American universities today.