Harvard recently got a grade of zero on free speech, but now they’re suddenly concerned about this issue. It’s a good thing these students didn’t misgender someone.
The New York Post reports:
Harvard president Claudine Gay refuses to punish students behind anti-Israel letterHarvard president Claudine Gay pushed back on attempts to name students who signed a letter blaming Israel for the massacres committed by Hamas amid mounting criticism of her handling of the crisis.Gay said the Ivy League school “embraces a commitment to free expression” in a video released Thursday night — her latest attempt to quell outrage from famous Harvard alumni including former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers and billionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman.“That commitment extends even to views that many of us find objectionable, even outrageous,” Gay said.“We do not punish or sanction people for expressing such views, but that is a far cry from endorsing them.”Gay, who again condemned the “barbaric atrocities perpetrated by Hamas,” did not specifically mention the more than 30 student organizations that co-signed a statement Saturday by the school’s Palestine Solidarity Committee.“We can fan the flames of division and hatred that are roiling the world,” Gay said in the clip. “Or we can try to be a force for something different and better.”The video is the third time that Gay has attached her name to an official statement since Hamas staged its surprise assault on Israeli towns and military bases in the early hours last Saturday — killing more than 1,200 people, wounding thousands, and taking scores as hostages.
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