Columbia Investigated a Grad Student for Criticizing Transgenderism on Social Media
“conduct that could constitute discriminatory harassment”
It turns out the school dropped the investigation when the student wrote an article about it.
The College Fix reports:
Columbia investigates student for criticizing transgenderism on social media
Following complaints, Columbia University’s Office of Institutional Equity recently confronted graduate student Daniel Di Martino for comments he made on social media expressing his Catholic beliefs and criticizing transgenderism.
Di Martino told The Fix the matter is now closed — but only after he went public. The doctoral student said the university closed the investigation after he published a story in City Journal detailing what happened.
The incident began when Di Martino “received an email from the OIE accusing [him] of ‘conduct that could constitute discriminatory harassment’” earlier this year, he wrote in his City Journal piece.
“The message included no details, and when [he] asked for clarification, OIE didn’t provide any,” Di Martino wrote. Then, three university officials called Di Martino in for a meeting to tell him he had been the subject of “multiple complaints.”
They showed him screenshots of his social media posts, “treating [his] public Catholic beliefs as if they were prohibited,” the student wrote.
One of the posts stated “God does not teach us that we can change our gender.” In other posts from this year and last year, the student condemned gender ideology and celebrated that some politicians have supported bans on transgender care.
School officials told him that their goal was not to punish him, “but to make sure that this doesn’t escalate into a disciplinary outcome.”
Additionally, the investigators acknowledged his First Amendment right to free speech but cautioned that his posts might be “creating a hostile environment,” as such expressions of Catholic faith—particularly if a transgender classmate saw them—could make someone feel unsafe even to “walk on campus,” the student wrote.
Di Martino also told The Fix via email this case is part of a broader issue.
“The great societal problem we are facing is that universities, and liberals with power in every institution, feel empowered and right in censoring conservative and religious speech,” the student said.
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Comments
Perhaps it is time that people of faith start reporting to campus officials that they feel unsafe around the activists (trans, Palestinian, etc) and that the activists are “creating a hostile environment”.
Nope, that sort of thing only works in one direction – to the benefit of the liberal psychotics.
What bullshit. The same unsafe trope. That really needs to be killed off.
‘university closed the investigation after he published a story in City Journal detailing what happened.”
Ooh, I’ll bet that smarted.
“such expressions of Catholic faith—particularly if a transgender classmate saw them—could make someone feel unsafe even to “walk on campus,”
Hey, I think I see the Hamas encampment problem: some tenet of Jewish faith makes Arabs and green-haired fat chicks “feel unsafe to walk on campus.”
It’s not some tenet of the Jewish faith. It’s the mere existence of Jews in the case of the Arab students, and of Jews who won’t join the calumny against Israel and the demands for its destruction in the case of the Arabs and green-haired fat chicks.
I think it’s time to reclaim the word safe/unsafe from lunatics who think there is some right to not have your feelings hurt due to someone disagreeing with you.
Do the Democrat trick. Redefine the phrase to be a synonym of “neurotic.”
That students mistake was not also calling for the death of Jews um I mean zionists ; right zionists. If he had done that then Columbia would have awarded him special grant money and an assistant teaching job.
Nice government funding you have, Columbia. Be a real shame if something happened to it.
speech /thought police in charge
america is still headed in the lefty direction
its going to take more than trump to fix this
local level politics is continuing its move left
I may be an outlier, but I believe the ground is beginning to vibrate under the marxists. This one instance is illustrative…shaded words, veiled threats and sudden change when outed. See UNCC article above as evidence.
Anyone confronted with this should record every second of interaction with the authorities and publicize it. Recording written and verbal communication is essential. Full stop.