thePriceOfEquality by The furious sjw Lyrics
[Chorus]
The far right media are pushing the idea that our freedom of speech is under threat
It’s a dangerous narrative that they try to scare us with to get as much power as they can get
I can’t express my revulsion at this direct assault on the space where race and gender intersect
We need to boldly say that the only way in institutions of higher education is through respect
[Verse]
In academia our dialogs ought to be conducted in a
Way that gives human rights priority
So the alt-right are obviously constructing a
Totally misleading and vile dichotomy
When they pit their freedom of speech against the
Rights of minorities. They’re lying
Honestly. They’re just trying constantly to
Hide their flaws and disguise their hypocrisy
You can express whatever opinions you
Want, as long as know how to opine
Responsibly. Just try and think logically
Just because you have the “right” to talk to me, it
Doesn’t mean you get to apply it constantly
You can’t publish libellous biographies or
Incitements wantonly. And nor should you be
Able to spread your far-right ideologies
This is a place of higher
Learning, it shouldn’t be a place where bias is
Taught to me. So that’s why it’s got to be
Reigned in by a righteous bureaucracy
And that’s just the price of equality
A safe society ought to be
Free from the evil dictations that free
Speech might bring out of the biased majority
[Chorus]
The right wing is malicious, and we’re always at risk of their ideas spreading like weeds
Their insidious arguments are brutal and heartless, and yet they still sometimes succeed
We need robust institutions to enforce our views on the subjects where we disagree
We cannot permit the right wing to get any more traction in the University
[Verse]
We shouldn’t teach radical right wing
Lies dressed up as wise philosophy
So science has got to be cleansed of the
Gender essentialist views disguised as
Biology. In this institution
Course material is required not to be
Anything that could be said to have an
Underlying quality of bias and mockery
And this is defined exhaustively in our
Gendered and sexual violence policy
And if your course is non-compliant
Then you should be fired for offering it
We have to construct diversity
Spaces where there aren’t any white men trying to
Talk to me. I’m crying constantly with their
Microaggressions piling on top of me
I’m fighting them off of me, trying to
Keep myself out of a crisis, chronically
And that’s why marginalized students like
Me are killing themselves in sizable
Quantities. The whole University
System is build on a legacy of violent
Misogyny. And as a female student:
I’m still waiting for my apology
[Chorus]
We need regulations that the right can’t escape from, and that force them to leave us alone
And these rules should be expanded across the whole campus, into one big diversity zone
We’ll host mandatory courses to explain and enforce this, and to make sure that our power is known
We’ll control the space, ‘cause that’s the only way to have a campus that marginalized students can call home
The far right media are pushing the idea that our freedom of speech is under threat
It’s a dangerous narrative that they try to scare us with to get as much power as they can get
I can’t express my revulsion at this direct assault on the space where race and gender intersect
We need to boldly say that the only way in institutions of higher education is through respect
[Verse]
In academia our dialogs ought to be conducted in a
Way that gives human rights priority
So the alt-right are obviously constructing a
Totally misleading and vile dichotomy
When they pit their freedom of speech against the
Rights of minorities. They’re lying
Honestly. They’re just trying constantly to
Hide their flaws and disguise their hypocrisy
You can express whatever opinions you
Want, as long as know how to opine
Responsibly. Just try and think logically
Just because you have the “right” to talk to me, it
Doesn’t mean you get to apply it constantly
You can’t publish libellous biographies or
Incitements wantonly. And nor should you be
Able to spread your far-right ideologies
This is a place of higher
Learning, it shouldn’t be a place where bias is
Taught to me. So that’s why it’s got to be
Reigned in by a righteous bureaucracy
And that’s just the price of equality
A safe society ought to be
Free from the evil dictations that free
Speech might bring out of the biased majority
[Chorus]
The right wing is malicious, and we’re always at risk of their ideas spreading like weeds
Their insidious arguments are brutal and heartless, and yet they still sometimes succeed
We need robust institutions to enforce our views on the subjects where we disagree
We cannot permit the right wing to get any more traction in the University
[Verse]
We shouldn’t teach radical right wing
Lies dressed up as wise philosophy
So science has got to be cleansed of the
Gender essentialist views disguised as
Biology. In this institution
Course material is required not to be
Anything that could be said to have an
Underlying quality of bias and mockery
And this is defined exhaustively in our
Gendered and sexual violence policy
And if your course is non-compliant
Then you should be fired for offering it
We have to construct diversity
Spaces where there aren’t any white men trying to
Talk to me. I’m crying constantly with their
Microaggressions piling on top of me
I’m fighting them off of me, trying to
Keep myself out of a crisis, chronically
And that’s why marginalized students like
Me are killing themselves in sizable
Quantities. The whole University
System is build on a legacy of violent
Misogyny. And as a female student:
I’m still waiting for my apology
[Chorus]
We need regulations that the right can’t escape from, and that force them to leave us alone
And these rules should be expanded across the whole campus, into one big diversity zone
We’ll host mandatory courses to explain and enforce this, and to make sure that our power is known
We’ll control the space, ‘cause that’s the only way to have a campus that marginalized students can call home