i agree with this group, Dalhousie is just being completely hypocritical.
to quote the Dalhousie "Culture of Respect" webpage
"We hold ourselves to a higher standard than what we’ve witnessed at our university. Misogyny in our classrooms, on our campus and in our community is unacceptable. This is not who we are."
as far as i can tell no one is calling for government censorship here, so the "free speech" argument is pretty misplaced. Dalhousie has every right to rent it's facility to whoever it wants, but they also have every right, and responsibility, to look into the histories of performers they rent to.
A quick google search reveals that Tosh is well known for misogynist and transphobic jokes, including rape jokes, and on one occasion even threatened an audience member with gang rape. If Dalhousie is unwilling to put in the effort to find this out, or if they do not care, then all of their statements about fighting misogyny on campus are meaningless.
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to quote the Dalhousie "Culture of Respect" webpage
"We hold ourselves to a higher standard than what we’ve witnessed at our university. Misogyny in our classrooms, on our campus and in our community is unacceptable. This is not who we are."
as far as i can tell no one is calling for government censorship here, so the "free speech" argument is pretty misplaced. Dalhousie has every right to rent it's facility to whoever it wants, but they also have every right, and responsibility, to look into the histories of performers they rent to.
A quick google search reveals that Tosh is well known for misogynist and transphobic jokes, including rape jokes, and on one occasion even threatened an audience member with gang rape. If Dalhousie is unwilling to put in the effort to find this out, or if they do not care, then all of their statements about fighting misogyny on campus are meaningless.