Charitably, I think the point was that academics overlook it, like the dirty inside secret that everyone knows to not talk about. Once she drew the ire of peop

Charitably, I think the point was that academics overlook it, like the dirty inside secret that everyone knows to not talk about. Once she drew the ire of people outside the normal academic circles, things that should have been controversial (like blatant plagiarism) were brought forward. Further, these people weren't looking specifically in the interest of academic integrity, they were looking for any reason at all to get her fired for not unequivocally saying that calling for genocide is outside the student code of conduct. As a result, the allegations have, thus far, been treated as unworthy of much attention- it wasn't that they are right, but the accusers have the wrong motivation. I don't know how much of this phenomenon is a modern issue, but it does seem to be very prevalent in today's society.