You can express a controversial view on any European campus (outside Hungary, at least) without fear of losing your tenure or your grant.
You can freely express any controversial view on Hungarian campuses, nobody cares at all. Most people in Hungary don’t care about the whole Gaza situation one way or another, with a slight exaggeration if you asked the average university student in Hungary where Gaza is, they would think you’re looking for some nightclub.
The only people who care about Palestine in Hungary are the far-right, Orbán’s far right being pro-Israel because kleptocrats stick together, while the extreme far right is pro-Palestine because they hate Jews. They usually won’t be university educated either.
As faculty, you can also express whatever views, a lot of people were straight up protesting the government at one point, but there is not much they can do with them legally and Orbán’s gang didn’t care enough to alter the laws for that.
You can freely express any controversial view on Hungarian campuses, nobody cares at all. Most people in Hungary don’t care about the whole Gaza situation one way or another, with a slight exaggeration if you asked the average university student in Hungary where Gaza is, they would think you’re looking for some nightclub.
The only people who care about Palestine in Hungary are the far-right, Orbán’s far right being pro-Israel because kleptocrats stick together, while the extreme far right is pro-Palestine because they hate Jews. They usually won’t be university educated either.
As faculty, you can also express whatever views, a lot of people were straight up protesting the government at one point, but there is not much they can do with them legally and Orbán’s gang didn’t care enough to alter the laws for that.