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You'd have to be a fool to believe that.

koakuma-chan 2y ago
Read third bullet point https://www.harvard.edu/research-funding/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/2025/04/Letter-Sent-to-Harvard-2025-04-11.pdf https://www.harvard.edu/research-funding/wp-content/uploads/...
- Epa095 2y ago
  Yes, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea is very democratic, it says so in their name!
  - timeon 2y ago
    North Korea is good example as there is absence of any Democracy. However boasting about Democracy, while having 2-party system, is also quite interesting.
  - koakuma-chan 2y ago
    Having the word democratic in your name is not the same as sending a letter to a university where one of the listed demands is merit-based admission.
    - Epa095 2y ago
      The point is that we know what this administration means by 'merrit based', it means to fire anyone who dissagres, particularly women and non-whites, while hirering grosely incompetent TV-people. The only 'merrit' is loyalty.
      - koakuma-chan 2y ago
        "the University must adopt and implement merit-based hiring policies, and cease all preferences based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin throughout its hiring, promotion, compensation, and related practices among faculty, staff, and leadership"
        ryoshoe 2y ago
        "Every department or field found to lack viewpoint diversity must be reformed by hiring a critical mass of new faculty within that department or field who will provide viewpoint diversity; every teaching unit found to lack viewpoint diversity must be reformed by admitting a critical mass of students who will provide viewpoint diversity" "viewpoint diversity" isn't a guarantee of merit-based hiring policies
- ruszki 2y ago
  Fifth bullet point contradicts it. Also, it’s not clear for me at all, what “viewpoint” means. Flat Earthers in geography departments? Or more Republicans? Or the same thing as DEI, since being black gives you different viewpoints?
  - koakuma-chan 2y ago
    I think it refers to political viewpoint diversity.
- asacrowflies 2y ago
  You'd have to be a fool to believe that.

Read third bullet point https://www.harvard.edu/research-funding/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/2025/04/Letter-Sent-to-Harvard-2025-04-11.pdf https://www.harvard.edu/research-funding/wp-content/uploads/...

Epa095 2y ago
Yes, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea is very democratic, it says so in their name!
- timeon 2y ago
  North Korea is good example as there is absence of any Democracy. However boasting about Democracy, while having 2-party system, is also quite interesting.
- koakuma-chan 2y ago
  Having the word democratic in your name is not the same as sending a letter to a university where one of the listed demands is merit-based admission.
  - Epa095 2y ago
    The point is that we know what this administration means by 'merrit based', it means to fire anyone who dissagres, particularly women and non-whites, while hirering grosely incompetent TV-people. The only 'merrit' is loyalty.
    - koakuma-chan 2y ago
      "the University must adopt and implement merit-based hiring policies, and cease all preferences based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin throughout its hiring, promotion, compensation, and related practices among faculty, staff, and leadership"
      - ryoshoe 2y ago
        "Every department or field found to lack viewpoint diversity must be reformed by hiring a critical mass of new faculty within that department or field who will provide viewpoint diversity; every teaching unit found to lack viewpoint diversity must be reformed by admitting a critical mass of students who will provide viewpoint diversity" "viewpoint diversity" isn't a guarantee of merit-based hiring policies
ruszki 2y ago
Fifth bullet point contradicts it. Also, it’s not clear for me at all, what “viewpoint” means. Flat Earthers in geography departments? Or more Republicans? Or the same thing as DEI, since being black gives you different viewpoints?
- koakuma-chan 2y ago
  I think it refers to political viewpoint diversity.
asacrowflies 2y ago
You'd have to be a fool to believe that.