Kathleen Stock said some universities are becoming “propaganda machines” for a particular point of view as she spoke at the Oxford Union despite a trans rights protester gluing themselves to the floor.
Widespread protests greeted the philosopher as she arrived in Oxford for the talk, the culmination of weeks’ worth of debate over whether her gender critical views should be “no platformed” by the famous debating society.
Despite having to be escorted by security guards, Professor Stock said having hundreds of protesters outside the union “wasn’t traumatic” for her but she was more concerned by protesters infiltrating institutions and then those institutions becoming “propaganda machines for a particular point of view”, the Telegraph reported.
She said this was happening at certain universities and it would “take courage” for people to realise that “the world does not end” when you have disagreements.
