Penn President resigns

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Anonymous wrote:You have mixed feelings about her bumbling equivocating responses regarding genocide?
As for Penn, like any other entity, how else can an organization be held accountable for incompetent leadership aside from hitting them where it counts.

Oh, did fail to condemn Israel’s genocide of Palestinians?

Tell us you have no idea what we are talking about without telling us you have no idea what we are talking about.

Probably a purple haired activist. I am amazed at the sheer lack of understanding of what the word genocide means.

Watching Harvard closely. Gay even tried to clarify her disastrous testimony by saying "my truth" wasn't clear enough. "My truth"!?!? Unfortunately she told the whole world she is a perfect example of identity politics and the failures of promoting mediocre people solely on identity grounds.

Seriously. I could not believe those words came out of her mouth. My Truth?!?! This isn’t a fu*&ing diversity ted talk. This is a congressional hearing on how you are enabling antisemitism, hate speech, and fear to flourish on your campus and the only perspective you can lend to the conversation is Your Truth. Face Palm.

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I find it chilling that you cannot criticize Jewish people or Israel in any way without severe consequences. Cancel culture in overdrive

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Leges Sine Moribus Vanae

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Anonymous wrote:So I guess they now get to keep the $100 million. I have very mixed feelings about this as a Penn alum.

I guess this is why Penn is referred to as "Jew U".

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Anonymous wrote:Wonder why this group will go after Harvard president but leave MIT alone? Red Sox fans?

Harvard Prwsident is black and MIT president is a Jew. That's why.

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It is outrageous (if not surprising) that Ivy League presidents are being pushed out by monied interests. This exposes the academy for what it is: spineless, compromised, and beholden to the almighty dollar, just like everyone else. They blew their chance to stand on the side of the first amendment and freedom of thought.

This is not about antisemitism; it is about having a nuanced view of a complex situation. The silver lining is that Ackerman and others stand on such shaky ground that they resort to making threats about taking their money elsewhere. Everyone, including and especially college students, know the truth about what has happened to Palestinians in the Israeli occupation and the truth will win out in the end. This is a sad day for democracy.

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The power of donors to force this really plays into tropes.

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Anonymous wrote:Wonder why this group will go after Harvard president but leave MIT alone? Red Sox fans?

I don't think she is being left alone, but her answers weren't as bad, basically saying she is unaware of calls for genocide on the MIT campus, but if that happened it would be dealt with. Plus, she is Jewish.

Magill's testimony was the worst, followed by Gay. The issue I think for Magill was compounded by the Palestinian Writer's Festival that took place after a conservative writer was canceled. All of this was referenced in the Penn Board of Trustee Chair Bok's resignation letter, who also resigned today under pressure.

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Anonymous wrote:I find it chilling that you cannot criticize Jewish people or Israel in any way without severe consequences. Cancel culture in overdrive

No one is saying you can’t criticize Israel. But that’s very different than calling for its destruction or the killing of all Jews.
Why is it ok for a University to cancel a speaker because that person is against affirmative action but allow for speakers who advocate for genocide?

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Anonymous wrote:It is outrageous (if not surprising) that Ivy League presidents are being pushed out by monied interests. This exposes the academy for what it is: spineless, compromised, and beholden to the almighty dollar, just like everyone else. They blew their chance to stand on the side of the first amendment and freedom of thought.

This is not about antisemitism; it is about having a nuanced view of a complex situation. The silver lining is that Ackerman and others stand on such shaky ground that they resort to making threats about taking their money elsewhere. Everyone, including and especially college students, know the truth about what has happened to Palestinians in the Israeli occupation and the truth will win out in the end. This is a sad day for democracy.

The sad day for democracy occurred when universities decided to enforce the first amendment as they saw fit, rather than equally across the board. Everyone I know who supports the firings has zero problem with free speech or even hate speech. But it can't solely be allowed for certain groups and not all.

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Anonymous wrote:One down, more to go.

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Say what you want about Ben Sasse (UF president who got tons of grief because he’s a *gasp* Republican senator) but I’ll bet he has rock solid moral clarity on this issue.

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Anonymous wrote:It is outrageous (if not surprising) that Ivy League presidents are being pushed out by monied interests. This exposes the academy for what it is: spineless, compromised, and beholden to the almighty dollar, just like everyone else. They blew their chance to stand on the side of the first amendment and freedom of thought.

This is not about antisemitism; it is about having a nuanced view of a complex situation. The silver lining is that Ackerman and others stand on such shaky ground that they resort to making threats about taking their money elsewhere. Everyone, including and especially college students, know the truth about what has happened to Palestinians in the Israeli occupation and the truth will win out in the end. This is a sad day for democracy.

The sad day for democracy occurred when universities decided to enforce the first amendment as they saw fit, rather than equally across the board. Everyone I know who supports the firings has zero problem with free speech or even hate speech. But it can't solely be allowed for certain groups and not all.

Thank you. The previous poster was clearly deranged an anti-Semitic (“moneyed interests”)??

Wtf

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Anonymous wrote:Say what you want about Ben Sasse (UF president who got tons of grief because he’s a *gasp* Republican senator) but I’ll bet he has rock solid moral clarity on this issue.

Yep….and it means something

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Democrats are more likely to be holocaust deniers now than Republicans.

See Nate Silver’s tweet today on X