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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]1. There are many examples of genocide being suggested through signs and symbols. It's not clear that anyone is quoted as saying "let's go genocide all the Jews."  So as someone who supports Gay's ouster, her comment that "context matters" is problematic. She wouldn't have said for example, "I don't know why the white supremacists were carrying tiki torches. Maybe they were headed to a luau."  But she is defending this kind of behavior when Jews are the target. No Bueno.  . . [/quote]

Just did a very cursory DDG search on Harvard pro Palestinian protest; a few signs read:

“When people are occupied, resistance is justified”

“One solution, Revolution “

“From the River to the Sea”

“We stand with the Palestinian resistance “

“By any means necessary “

“Decolonization is not a metaphor “

Several of these campus slogans are direct calls for genocide (“from the river to the sea” - lifted directly from Hamas: a designated terrorist organization).  Others are more subtle calls for violence.

All of these protests violate the standard, which is “hostile learning environment.”

While students must be free to express their views on public university grounds (and they SHOULD be allowed at privates like the Ivies), the slogans above clearly create a hostile learning environment for Jewish students.

The fact these Ivy presidents could not even express opposition to genocide of Jewish people is enough to justify their complete dismissal.  In Gay’s case, she was not even docked pay; she was merely moved around among the Harvard elite.[/quote]

Great post. Also, I do agree with Gay that context matters. In Gay's case, the context is pretty damning. This is an institution where misgendering someone would be a clear violation. So it's actually worse. When Gay was asked what she meant, she further explained that if calls were directed at an individual they would violate the code. Well, you can't genocide one person. You murder them. So if you listen to what she said, you can't suggest murdering just one, you have to suggest murdering all of them and then it's fine.  [/quote]

The whole Gay fiasco is going down in History as one of the lowest moments in University life since perhaps the Middle Ages.[/quote]

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