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Interesting. Good to know that he supports some minorities. Shame that he continues to be anti-Semitic in his tweets.

• PedroBatista 8y ago
  Is he against all Jews or just opposes Israel policy? I ask this because pretty much anyone who criticizes Israel is now labeled anti-Semitic
  • Sabrosas 8y ago
    "You may be too refined to say it, but I'm not: I wish all the fucking West Bank settlers would go missing." "Zionists: transforming anti-semitism from something horrible into something honorable since 1948." From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Salaita_controversy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Salaita_controversy
  • VBprogrammer 8y ago
    A brief read of the tweets included in the article he links to regarding his firing gives me the impression that it's the latter. In fact there is one tweet of his which references exactly your point about the deliberate confusion of anti-Semitism and legitimate criticism of Israeli policy. Can't say I've looked into it extensively though.
  • torrance 8y ago
    From reading the NYTimes article [1] it seems clear he’s anti Israel/occupation/bombing and not anti semitic. The pro Israel groups that sought to oppose him getting the job didn’t try to argue that he was anti semitic either, just that he wasn’t ‘civil’ on his Twitter feed. [1] https://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/13/world/middleeast/professors-angry-tweets-on-gaza-cost-him-a-job.html https://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/13/world/middleeast/professo...
    • linkmotif 8y ago
      That’s not true and that’s not what he did. 1) you can criticize Israel all day on campus, no one will stop you. 2) you shouldn’t promote mass murder on campus, which is what SS did. Saying the population deserves mass murder because they’re evil is what he did. Fortunately that was deemed beyond the pale.
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