Harvard Scrubs Event From Website That Featured Screening of ‘How to Blow Up a Pipeline’ Film
“It is unclear if the Wednesday evening screening was canceled, rescheduled, or still took place.”
It looks like Harvard panicked when people noticed this.
The College Fix reports:
Harvard scrubs ‘How to Blow Up a Pipeline’ film info from website
Harvard Law School scrubbed its website of an event page advertising a screening of the film “How to Blow Up a Pipeline” amid concerns about endorsing violence.
Internet archives show the event page was removed sometime between Friday and Tuesday when The College Fix noticed it was gone. A post advertising the screening on Harvard’s Systemic Justice Project website also was removed prior to the event.
“How to Blow Up a Pipeline” is a fictional story about climate activists who blow up a section of pipe in Texas, according to the film’s website.
The trailer opens with a man building a homemade explosive and ends with police arriving at the site of a pipeline that has been blown up. The characters call the bombing “justified” and “an act of self-defense.”
It is unclear if the Wednesday evening screening was canceled, rescheduled, or still took place. The Fix contacted the HLS Film Society, communications office, and event moderator Professor Jon Hanson by email and phone Tuesday asking if the event had been canceled. None replied.
The Fix also reached out to the film society, Hanson, and the communications office March 28 with questions regarding the concerns about the film endorsing violence and university organizers’ stance on peaceful advocacy.
The film screening drew criticism online in recent weeks, including concerns that Harvard may be supporting violent activism. Critics include U.S. Rep. Mike Bost, an Illinois Republican, who said in a March 28 post on X that violent acts like those portrayed in the film are the reason he supports harsher penalties for eco-terrorism.
The fact that Harvard is planning to show 'How To Blow Up A Pipeline' is ridiculous. This film promotes eco-terrorism and is a risk to our national security. That's why I introduced the Pipeline Sabotage and Accident Prevention Act to punish eco-terrorism. https://t.co/PW7oLtFRFi
— Rep. Mike Bost (@RepBost) March 28, 2024
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“That’s why I introduced the Pipeline Sabotage and Accident Prevention Act to punish eco-terrorism.”
Useless panderer.
“We need a NEW LAW! Here’s one, JUST for pipelines! Who cares about terrorist sabotage of power stations, transmission lines, seaports, hospitals, bridges, and other stuff? Nobody’s making movies about blowing those up! And if they do, I stand ready to write new individual laws for each one!”
Nobody missed anything, the movie was probably the most boring thing I’ve seen in years.
Was the movie made before NordStream 1 and 2 were blown up?
Replaced by “How do dig tunnels in Gaza while pretending to build a hospital/terrorist headquarters.’