[animal_spirits]

> Now clearly “diversity” here means “ethnic diversity”, but I don’t think they say that explicitly. But those applicants who propose to increase political viewpoint diversity by, say, trying to promote conservative values and accept more conservative students, are simply not going to be hired!

I never thought about that before but that is an interesting point. It is not truly diversive if you can't include certain philosophies and ideologies.

[toyg]

It's the good old paradox of open societies: can they actually tolerate the intolerant, or letting them operate will bring about their end?

Open societies are constantly walking a fine line in practice.