Bill Ackman forgives wife for plagiarism

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Congrats to Bill Ackman wife for admitting her mistake and making correction. Shame on Gay for ignoring her mistakes and then blaming racism.

Only after she got caught! She has nothing to say while her husband was attacking Gay even though she knew she had done the same.

Racist hypocrites, at that. I guess he will need to find another trophy wife. . . One with a clean record, at least.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Congrats to Bill Ackman wife for admitting her mistake and making correction. Shame on Gay for ignoring her mistakes and then blaming racism.

Only after she got caught! She has nothing to say while her husband was attacking Gay even though she knew she had done the same.

She has 100k+ followers on Twitter which is a few more than most people. She had the opportunity and the audience to say something.

But that is her business. And whether or not she discussed it with her husband is their business. However, Mr. Ackman's riotous exhortations over the past months are everybody's business. I couldn't turn on a phone, a tablet, a TV, or even pick up an old fashioned newspaper with seeing him excoriate "the baddie" at Harvard.

Seeing Part of what makes her human is that she makes mistakes, owns them, and apologizes when appropriate on his Twitter X yesterday was just so classy

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DCUM is full of horrible human beings.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DCUM is full of horrible human beings.

no, Bill Ackerman is a horrible human being, and this instance further confirms it. he should apologize to Gay for all the bile.

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I think that this is missing the point that if you don't want a racist bully to push you out because of plagiarism, don't plagiarize especially if you're going to be the president of the "best university in the country." It doesn't really matter what anyone else did. It matters what she did.

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Anonymous wrote:Ackman's wife acknowledged her errors immediately. Gay still hasn't done that.
And of course Ackman's wife was never president of Harvard, which you'd think would expect the highest academic standards of its president.

There is a whole thread on Harvard's president resignation.

This one is about the hypocrisy of Ackman instantaneously forgiving his wife just hours after finishing off the other lady.

Echoes of Harvey Dent?

but I was just pointing out the two cases are completely different, largely because of the positions of the two women. If Ackman's wife was president of MIT, she probably should have resigned also.

LOL!
The mental gymnastics!

I suppose to simple thinkers incapable of nuanced evaluation, this is how you see the world.

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Anonymous wrote:I think that this is missing the point that if you don't want a racist bully to push you out because of plagiarism, don't plagiarize especially if you're going to be the president of the "best university in the country." It doesn't really matter what anyone else did. It matters what she did.

It is clear that Billy doesn't actually care about plagiarism. That was just a convenient cudgel.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't think anyone actually cares at all about her plagiarism. They are academics. They all stand on the shoulders of their predecessors acknowledged or not.

People DO seem care that her give no quarter bare knuckle brawler husband is suddenly so magnanimous.

Hypocrisy doesn't even begin to describe it

+1. It was never about plagiarism.

I wonder how many university presidents have a history of the same in their publications. Have they checked the publications for the University of Texas President? What about Florida's? I doubt it. And they likely will never look into it. I do suspect that there will be inquiries into the backgrounds of women and POC, and the inquiries will stop there.

Bill Ackman suggested on Twitter that the next Harvard president should have a business background, as Harvard is more of a "business entity" than an academic institution, and the board should stay away from academics. I find all of this frightening. Our universities have a long history of propelling academic discourse and social and cultural change. Now it appears that they will be run by CEOs as another branch of corporate America. And we all know what the goal of that is.

The fact that so many people support this is terrifying.

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Anonymous wrote:It was always about getting scalps and punching down. First Bill punched down on students, threatening with expulsion. Then Gay's poor hearing performance (they all were bad) and he went hunting for her scalp. Billy has no problem punching down but is mute with other billionaires - who have REAL POWER, not just a college student - say horrible antisemitic things. I hope his wife gets dragged. boo, f-ing, hoo.

Who knows? He might just cut her loose too if he gets too much icky on his fancy shoes

And she can get back with Brad Pitt

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Anonymous wrote:I don't think anyone actually cares at all about her plagiarism. They are academics. They all stand on the shoulders of their predecessors acknowledged or not.

People DO seem care that her give no quarter bare knuckle brawler husband is suddenly so magnanimous.

Hypocrisy doesn't even begin to describe it

+1. It was never about plagiarism.

I wonder how many university presidents have a history of the same in their publications. Have they checked the publications for the University of Texas President? What about Florida's? I doubt it. And they likely will never look into it. I do suspect that there will be inquiries into the backgrounds of women and POC, and the inquiries will stop there.

Bill Ackman suggested on Twitter that the next Harvard president should have a business background, as Harvard is more of a "business entity" than an academic institution, and the board should stay away from academics. I find all of this frightening. Our universities have a long history of propelling academic discourse and social and cultural change. Now it appears that they will be run by CEOs as another branch of corporate America. And we all know what the goal of that is.

The fact that so many people support this is terrifying.

The academic discourse is only propelled when it supports the prevailing (read: progressive) point of view. Ditto the social and cultural change. Academe is steeped in groupthink, nepotism and favoritism, and like every institution could benefit from a fresh perspective.
Unfortunately, business background does not guarantee that the new president will not bring the same issues, but with a corporate slant.

So you want institutions that propel religious values and a more conservative message? A pro-Israel war slant? Academia leaning left is not a new or particularly American issue. Remember, in most countries (China, Germany, Russia, etc.) despots and tyrants have always gone after academics first because of their progressive leanings. See the Cultural Revolution. The fact that you do not see the historical similarities clearly an issue.

I want all points of view to be represented, but just "from the river to the sea". Right now the prevailing attitude in academia is best illustrated by the Yale shrieking girl... remember her?

And with that, you have just proved my point. The battle to remove Gay has nothing to do with plagiarism, DEI, or any of her works. It was based on and solely about Israel. And that is really the only motivating factor for her removal and replacement.

Thanks, PP

Well, no reputable institution wants a bigot at its helm.
It's not an anonymous message board where the expectations are low and standards of conduct are even lower.

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Hey folks, there are other forums to talk about these other things. If every single one becomes a free-for-all gripe fest then there is not much point in having subject lines, right?

Can we stay in topic? If you think or don't think Mr. Ackman was hypocritical then let's discuss. Talking about yelling Yale girl and Brad Pitt is kind of off topic.

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Anonymous wrote:The hypocrisy is exactly why the younger generation don't uphold our political system.

This is about academics, not politics.

Wrong. Don't be obtuse. If Gay had banned every single Pro-Palestinian student from campus, Ackman would've done EVERYTHING to protect her. This whole thing has come to surface specifically because Zionists decided to attack along with gross, far-right swine like Rufo who also used "anti-semitism" for his actual obsession "DEI. " Ackman ended up opening himself up and exposed for the glaringly hypocritical pos he is, to go along w/ being all-around repugnant. Same with everyone so concerned about the supposed "mass rape," yet the overwhelming majority of verified child rapists from Epstein's circle are Zionists. They go quiet on that fact.

The people in academia who are specifically being targeted, are people not sufficiently up Israel's backside. Be a Zionist who doxxes and attacks anyone pro-Palestinian and Ackman would've looked the other way on Gay. Period.

And THAT is why younger people are Pro-Palestinian. They see the glaring, despicable hypocrisy of these people. Ackman's wife is far worse specifically because she's an *arrogant* plagiarist who knew what she had done and knew her racist, despicable monster of a husband was using "plagiarism" as the impetus for his Zionist witchhunt and thought her own behavior wouldn't be discovered.

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Anonymous wrote:Ackman's wife acknowledged her errors immediately. Gay still hasn't done that.
And of course Ackman's wife was never president of Harvard, which you'd think would expect the highest academic standards of its president.

There is a whole thread on Harvard's president resignation.

This one is about the hypocrisy of Ackman instantaneously forgiving his wife just hours after finishing off the other lady.

Echoes of Harvey Dent?

but I was just pointing out the two cases are completely different, largely because of the positions of the two women. If Ackman's wife was president of MIT, she probably should have resigned also.

Wait.... are you trying to make this be about the wife and not him???

If I got a kid expelled from my daughter's school because she plagiarized - and then a day later praised my kid for "admitting to it" then I would be a world class clown. Same thing here. This guy is a clown that everyone has to be on eggshells around because he is 3000 feet tall and vengeful.

Yes because his wife acknowledged her (4) mistakes immediately. Gay has never even acknowledged her (allegedly 50) mistakes at all. I'd be proud of my wife too if I was Ackman.

There’s new information. She plagiarized way more than 4 times. She lifted entire sections from Wikipedia without attribution at least 15 times. And there are more examples that you can see for yourself. It’s not a handful of mistakes – – it’s a pattern.
https://www.businessinsider.com/neri-oxman-plagiarize-wikipedia-mit-dissertation-2024-1?amp

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ackman's wife acknowledged her errors immediately. Gay still hasn't done that.
And of course Ackman's wife was never president of Harvard, which you'd think would expect the highest academic standards of its president.

There is a whole thread on Harvard's president resignation.

This one is about the hypocrisy of Ackman instantaneously forgiving his wife just hours after finishing off the other lady.

Echoes of Harvey Dent?

but I was just pointing out the two cases are completely different, largely because of the positions of the two women. If Ackman's wife was president of MIT, she probably should have resigned also.

Wait.... are you trying to make this be about the wife and not him???

If I got a kid expelled from my daughter's school because she plagiarized - and then a day later praised my kid for "admitting to it" then I would be a world class clown. Same thing here. This guy is a clown that everyone has to be on eggshells around because he is 3000 feet tall and vengeful.

Yes because his wife acknowledged her (4) mistakes immediately. Gay has never even acknowledged her (allegedly 50) mistakes at all. I'd be proud of my wife too if I was Ackman.

There’s new information. She plagiarized way more than 4 times. She lifted entire sections from Wikipedia without attribution at least 15 times. And there are more examples that you can see for yourself. It’s not a handful of mistakes – – it’s a pattern.
https://www.businessinsider.com/neri-oxman-plagiarize-wikipedia-mit-dissertation-2024-1?amp

Who lifts from Wikipedia for a dissertation??!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Did she lead a prestigious university and fail to state that calling for genocide of Jewish students is against the student code of conduct?

No comparison.

+100
The President of the United States is a noted plagiarist, but somehow that's never bothered Democrats.