A Dutch version of this post has been published on doorbraak.eu. On 4 November 2025, Science Guide reported on the decision by the rector of University Utrecht, Wilco Hazeleger, to allow the founder of the FvD - Thierry Baudet - to speak at a debate night at the university. This is simultaneously shocking, and completely unsurprising. It is shocking because the academic community has apparently still - after everything that is happening in the world - not built up the necessary immune response to keep out the fascist virus. It is unsurprising because this moral failure of university management has been with us for many years.

Op 4 november vermeldde Science Guide dat de rector van de Universiteit Utrecht, Wilco Hazeleger, heeft besloten dat Thierry Baudet mee mag doen aan een debatavond aan de universiteit. Dit is tegelijkertijd schokkend en volledig voorspelbaar. Het is schokkend omdat de academische gemeenschap blijkbaar – ondanks alles wat er in de wereld gebeurt – nog steeds niet de nodige immuunrespons

A Dutch version of this post has been published on doorbraak.eu. On 4 November 2025, Science Guide reported on the decision by the rector of University Utrecht, Wilco Hazeleger, to allow the founder of the FvD - Thierry Baudet - to speak at a debate night at the university. This is simultaneously shocking, and completely unsurprising. It is shocking because the academic community has apparently still - after everything that is happening in the world - not built up the necessary immune response to keep out the fascist virus. It is unsurprising because this moral failure of university management has been with us for many years.

Op 4 november vermeldde Science Guide dat de rector van de Universiteit Utrecht, Wilco Hazeleger, heeft besloten dat Thierry Baudet mee mag doen aan een debatavond aan de universiteit. Dit is tegelijkertijd schokkend en volledig voorspelbaar. Het is schokkend omdat de academische gemeenschap blijkbaar – ondanks alles wat er in de wereld gebeurt – nog steeds niet de nodige immuunrespons