
Some profound incompetence on display at these Congressional hearings. That alone should be cause for moving on. But what the presidents of Harvard, Penn, and MIT expressed is reflective of where academia is at these days. There are some groups that are untouchable, and there are others that are in the crosshairs. My kids are in college in somewhat similar schools. Not Jewish. They've decided to keep quiet on this issue. It can be very oppressive to express any kind of sympathy to the victims of the Hamas massacres. |
You’re right that they are hypocrites. And unfortunately they’re not drawing the right lessons from the backlash to this testimony. What they should do is plead mea culpa and stop with their ridiculous policing of the cis-heterosexist speech (not conduct!) the same way they refused to police the anti-Semitic conduct. But they’re not going to fire their DEI army or admit they’ve taken ridiculous disciplinary actions against people for speech that was not in line with their own preferences. They’re not going to tell everyone to grow up and tolerate offensive speech even though they should. Instead they’ll just put pressure on pro-Palestinian activities to prove that they’re even-handed censors and call it a day. Ugh. |
It is very oppressive to exercise freedom of expression on most college campuses in 2023, the continuing era of speech codes and campus cancel culture. |
How ironic this is, given “universities” centuries-old tradition as safe-havens for the free exchange of ideas. Universities today are not safe-havens for expression of a diversity of ideas. They only tolerate a very narrow range of beliefs. |
I like one of the Jewish protester's signs: The Poison Ivy League. Very true. There is a pervasive sickness running through these schools, exemplified by the pro-Palestinian protesters who refuse to even condemn Hamas.
Glad to see there is starting to be a reckoning as more people on the left are speaking out about this disgusting behavior from their own. |
I kind of think universities are regressing to an even older tradition of basically being seminaries indoctrinating people in a particular religion… Harvard originally trained clergy. |
What is this world coming to that I can read an op-ed by Stefanik and agree with it? That is excellent. The world had gone topsy-turvy. |
It does feel that there is an insistence on a faith-based belief system at these schools, complete with religious euphoria, rejection of heretics, ceremonies and rituals, flags, and in-group faith markers. It definitely feels religious. |
Consider that Stefanik has not changed. But you have. |
No way. She is an election denier who licks Trump’s filthy boots. But, apparently right on random occasions, which is a genuine surprise. |
yes- and as late as the 1970's and 1980's our government was bombing, executing (without trial) , imprisoning Native American leaders who wanted a return of those lands. Since then, native Americans have turned to our courts to get justice and have had brand new reservations established- in Maine and in New Jersey most notably.
In Isreal, this won't work b/c the right wing government has passed a law saying that not only is it a jewish nation but the rights & INTERESTS of jewish citizens are held above all else so the judiciary will not be able to actually grant stolen Palestinian homes to them when they can prove ownership- this was at the heart of what the left was actually protesting about for a full year before those absolute cretins, Hamas, decided to resort to savagery and barbarism on 10/7. I wouldn't be at all surprised if this was a coordinated effort on the part of Bibi and Hamas. he's the one who begged for Hamas funding from Qatar and removed the military so they could steal land on the West Bank.bibi is delighted that these peaceniks on teh kibbutz's here were brutally attacked, its like a special political gift to him. He doesnt care that little girls who were taken hostage are terrified for their father- getting the hostages back ASAP should be the first item on the agenda, not defeating Hamas, islamist terrorists arent going away, even if you nuke them. It's the 2nd largest/powerful religious group in the world and its evangelical, a perfect hydra. |