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50. Professors have lost their positions for spouting racism and intolerance

Wed Oct 11, 2023, 01:20 PM

Oct 2023

First amendment isn't absolute and speech has consequences.

Being a student isn't a cover-all for everything, and this is from a social studies teacher that will defend to the death a student's free speech.

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Three dozen Harvard student organizations say Israel 'is the only one to blame' [View all] Behind the Aegis Oct 2023 OP

Harvard needs to expel these people - n/t lapfog_1 Oct 2023 #1

Their opinions are horrible, but expel them? Silent3 Oct 2023 #5

THIS!!! eom BlueMTexpat Oct 2023 #6

Students get expelled for racist speech in universities. AZLD4Candidate Oct 2023 #18

I realize this isn't a First Amendment issue Silent3 Oct 2023 #42

Professors have lost their positions for spouting racism and intolerance AZLD4Candidate Oct 2023 #50

Although there's a lot of uncomfortable overlap... Silent3 Oct 2023 #51

There have been calls on DU for expulsions sarisataka Oct 2023 #28

I suspect it's lack of diversity in opinion that got them there Sympthsical Oct 2023 #36

There are more than 450 student orgs. Ms. Toad Oct 2023 #57

Thank you. Ms. Toad Oct 2023 #56

Have I entered some kind of bizarro universe where DU and Freep have switched places? Act_of_Reparation Oct 2023 #41

I would have expected a university like Harvard to have a better wnylib Oct 2023 #2

Yes. I'm old enough to remember the marybourg Oct 2023 #7

I was very young, but remember seeing this on the news when my dad was AllyCat Oct 2023 #14

And the Jewish people have lived there for thousands of years. raging moderate Oct 2023 #59

"The Palestinian people support and approve those attack", source? tia uponit7771 Oct 2023 #9

My friend is Palestinian. She is worried sick about family AllyCat Oct 2023 #15

Agree. HAMAS is able to recruit young Palestinians because they have nothing else to live for. Lonestarblue Oct 2023 #17

We always paint with a broad brush here ripcord Oct 2023 #45

Palestinians were driven from land they lived on for generations prodigitalson Oct 2023 #21

That was the fault of Jordan, Syria and Egypt. Mosby Oct 2023 #32

Why should they run away from their own homes? prodigitalson Oct 2023 #52

Because the Arab countries attacked Israel when they declared independence Mosby Oct 2023 #53

Yes, you are right! raging moderate Oct 2023 #55

And 1 million Jews were driven from their homes in Arab lands around the same time period. Marius25 Oct 2023 #39

No Fresh Water Falling Oct 2023 #3

That's what I'm seeing too, the party Bibi belongs to leans on the kill them all side of the solutio uponit7771 Oct 2023 #11

Exactly PJMcK Oct 2023 #19

I think Hamas is the one to blame. MyNameIsJonas Oct 2023 #23

I'd blame the current crisis on the ones who broke the peace Amishman Oct 2023 #25

I Tend To Agree, Sir The Magistrate Oct 2023 #35

Hamas opposes a 2 state solution JI7 Oct 2023 #34

I despise Netanyahu but he was right to show contempt for UN resolutions Marius25 Oct 2023 #40

That ought to do wonders for their near-tem endowments DFW Oct 2023 #4

Apparently these students aren't getting a very good education. Good Grief! Rhiannon12866 Oct 2023 #8

There's critical thinking, Igel Oct 2023 #37

Those organizations Dorian Gray Oct 2023 #10

Easy to play the blame game. Aussie105 Oct 2023 #12

No, they didn't occur in a vacuum, but a terrorist group AllyCat Oct 2023 #13

The entire region is a mess and it will never be fixed. Layzeebeaver Oct 2023 #16

Maybe they can get kwolf68 Oct 2023 #20

This is the education they're getting, shameful! 🙄👎 nt Raine Oct 2023 #22

Three dozen organizations? How many students belong to each of them? yardwork Oct 2023 #24

And, how many crossovers are there? yagotme Oct 2023 #31

And probably the same five students running all the orgs. yardwork Oct 2023 #54

For reference, there are more than 450 student orgs at Harvard. n/t Ms. Toad Oct 2023 #58

"Some ideas are so stupid only an intellectual could believe them." DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2023 #26

Antisemitism is endemic in the US sarisataka Oct 2023 #27

Why do I get the feeling edhopper Oct 2023 #29

Predictable response here. Mosby Oct 2023 #30

Jew hatred on college campuses? EllieBC Oct 2023 #33

I don't even want to look at UC Berkeley Sympthsical Oct 2023 #38

At least five of the groups have withdrawn their support for the letter: Jose Garcia Oct 2023 #43

College campuses are rife with discrimination of Jews based of any perceived connection to Israel MistakenLamb Oct 2023 #44

I'm not surprised to see college students supporting terrorism ripcord Oct 2023 #46

Consequences. Mosby Oct 2023 #47

Actions do have consequences ripcord Oct 2023 #49

"Day of resistance" rallies at US campuses tomorrow. Mosby Oct 2023 #48