Professor Glenn Reynolds: Pro-Hamas Protests Show Higher Ed Has Finally Crossed the Line
"Harvard has been the most talked-about example, because, well, it’s Harvard."...
"Harvard has been the most talked-about example, because, well, it’s Harvard."...
It's so edgy, you guys....
"The remarks were made at a pro-Palestine protest by Russell Rickford, an associate professor of history at the top-tier Ithaca, New York, school and posted online Sunday by a student"...
"Moral relativism has fueled the university’s race to the bottom and sadly now has reached a point where remaining impartial is no longer an option"...
“Sometimes there is such a thing as evil, and it is incumbent upon educators and leaders to call it out”...
"It’s time for the adults to take over, and that includes law firms looking for graduates to hire."...
“faith in the University’s leadership has been broken”...
"And remember, these groups wouldn’t be as bold, certainly not as bold as they are if they hadn’t gotten recognition and at least tacit support from the ivory tower crowd."...
"blamed Israel for creating the conditions for these attacks to occur"...
“Please look out for one another and recognize that some are struggling.”...
"The instructor in this course is not currently teaching while the university works to ascertain the facts of the situation."...
“The wall would extend existing barriers by about 8,000 feet (2,400 meters) to encircle 90% of campus and effectively ‘eliminate unfettered access’”...
“We do not punish or sanction people for expressing such views, but that is a far cry from endorsing them.”...
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My column in The Spectator (U.S.): "The use of the term “Resistance” to defend the mass murder and rapes against Israelis is no coincidence. HAMAS is an acronym for Harakat al-Muqawama al-Islamiya (Islamic Resistance Movement)...
"We have Jewish alumni around the country and world who are also devastated by this terror. As a community — the Gator community — we stand by you."...
"Speech that promotes, advocates, or supports violence, murder, or terrorism cannot and should never be tolerated."...
"It has not been without cost, as hundreds of Palestinians have been martyred in the past days, fighting to liberate themselves and their land."...
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