Tucker Max came to speak at my university on Monday.
Now, I understand that in America, people have free speech. But is it really appropriate to use the student activity fee - some of MY money, some of my fellow feminists' money, to pay for him to "entertain" us? I daresay that if someone had made remarks about a race similar to Max's comments about gender, the university would have had a problem with that. And not invited that speaker to come to campus. So why is it ok when these comments are about gender? Oh, they don't endorse his views, of course. But how does that help me when someone is paid to come to my campus who has clearly made such misogynistic remarks?
To be fair, I did not attend the speech or protest, due to a work conflict. I heard over and over that Max gave an inspirational speech. If only those silly protesters would've stayed to listen...
Even if he had valid points, how many other celebrities could've come to say the same things with less or no misogyny?
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Agreed. Tucker Max is less famous than Michael Richards, but I doubt Michael Richards would be paid to speak at any campus in America these days, and his racist comments were briefer and less public than Tucker Max's constant, unapologetic misogyny.
I was applying to law school this year, and I wanted to scream at Duke Law to do something about how much his stories discredit the community and reputation of that institution, but I imagine they probably already know.
I want to be clear on something: I would be opposed to Michael Richards speaking on campus. I do not mean to kick off an oppression olympics here, just to say that I think Tucker Max deserves the same kind of treatment that open racists deserve.