Students at Ryerson University who are opposed to the recent toppling of a statue of the school’s namesake are afraid to speak out for fear of being shunned by peers or being targeted online, says a student at the school. Jonathan Bradley, a fourth-year journalism student at Ryerson, says other students have told him they’re in favour of keeping the statue but worry they’ll be ostracized if they speak out. “Students who do speak out or who hold an opinion that is ‘unwoke,’ as I like to call it, they’re often ostracized by their peers. They’re mobbed online, harassed on campus,” he told The Epoch Times. “I know a few students who have been doxxed for sharing an opinion that is considered unwoke. You’ll be excluded, and the mob will do anything they can to try to get you to leave the university.” A statue of Egerton Ryerson, a prominent …
Ryerson Students Afraid to Speak Out Over Toppling of Statue, Fellow Student Says
June 23, 2021
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