The notion that if an instructor doesn't explicitly say so, some of the things taught in class might not be true, or have no evidence to back them up, is simply ridiculous. What do you think a university IS?
I think a university IS -- or should be -- the place where young adults learn to decide for themselves whether something is true, or whether there is evidence to back it up.
Isn't that what a university IS?
What part of one man, on a CBC talk show, claiming he won't call anyone "xir" is so totally harmful that the university was supposed to follow it with "Don't believe that man! Here's what to believe! We'll spoon-feed it to you just this one time!"
If Paikin had interviewed a flat-earther, would everyone have wrung their hands and clutched their pearls? Would Shepherd have been hauled in to meet the Triumvirate because 19 year olds might get sucked into believing that the world is like a big flat checkerboard in space?? Or because someone made fun of "round earthers" who don't have to walk on their hands if they visit Melbourne?