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She didn't come to the conclusion that Palestinians are human. She came to the conclusion that calls for genocide of Jews would be punished based on context. I
by Whoppertime 3y ago
She didn't come to the conclusion that Palestinians are human. She came to the conclusion that calls for genocide of Jews would be punished based on context. I am guessing that context being if you are a white conservative that's the next Charlottesville so you can be penalized immediately but if you are a Muslim or Palestinian student calling for Israel to be wiped off the map it is fine until you start acting on those genocidal chants.
- mikewarot 3y agoIt's entirely possible your interpretation is correct, but we'll never know because it was a show trial, not an honest inquiry. All nuance was quashed, so I can only assume things, and your assumptions are different.
- raxxorraxor 3y agoIt doesn't help that the culture cultivated in universities lately didn't leave room for nuance either. There were protests, pulled fire alarms, and general activism against people who had a slightly inconvenient opinion. Something anyone at a university should certainly be able to stomach. But leadership did not defend people with divergent opinions lately, even if that is foundational to academic teaching. To now do so in case of calling for genocide, summoning the broad excuse of context, is severely contradicting previous behavior and not convincing. Context can often explain something not obvious, but in this case that would still be very hard to do. Yes, it was a show trial. An easy one because the rules were laid out themselves by the accused. In my opinion, a change of leadership could benefit a few universities instead of their vanity around race, sex or their simple worldview of oppressor and oppressed that is mirrored by a lot of people I would describe as miseducated.