Define “respectful and inclusive”
Jaw-dropping. The Sussex University Vice Chancellor bleating about the right and indeed the need of universities to create respectful and inclusive communninies when that is exactly and precisely the very thing Sussex University entirely failed and indeed refused to do for Kathleen Stock and thus implicitly for all staff and students who are aware that humans can’t change sex.
The self-admiration of people like this is breathtaking.
What there should be is outrage that public officials have flouted the law, cost the public their hard earned money and have behaved like self entitled wingers in response. Clearly they can’t be trusted to exercise good judgment, and for that there should be immediate consequences. Loss of position for instance.
“Deeply committed to freedom of speech and academic freedom”. I mean I thought I could argue against that but then I realised she had uttered the magic word and now like Superman confronted with a kryptonite amulet my powers have entirely deserted me.