MILWAUKEE, Wis. – Liberal columnist, pundit, and author Kirsten Powers documents in detail the case of Marquette University and Professor John McAdams in her new book, “The Silencing: How The Left is Killing Free Speech.”

McAdams’ story, which has been documented at RightWisconsin, sprang from his criticism of a graduate instructor who told a student that she would not allow any discussion that opposes same-sex marriage because it might make students feel uncomfortable.

Powers writes:

“Just to be clear here: the illiberal left considers the victim in this story to be the professor who preemptively silenced a student and compared his views to racism and sexism. Disagreement expressed by McAdams, in an academic environment where rigorous debate should be encouraged, was cast as a bullying attack. Rather than his motivation being reasonably interpreted as wanting to expose illiberal silencing on campus, McAdams was accused of being motivated by sexism. This is all standard fare for the illiberal left. Why make a substantive argument when it’s just as easy to smear dissenters as sexist bullies?”

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Powers goes on to detail the story of Marquette’s attempt to fire McAdams based on a harassment policy that “appears to be modeled on Chairman Mao’s Little Red Book.”

“It’s hard to imagine a more intellectually chilling policy than one that turns students and faculty into informants and punishes them for discussing issues in a manner not sanctioned by university authorities.”

Kirsten Powers’ book “The Silencing: How The Left Is Killing Free Speech” is on sale now.

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