Not inherently but it can quickly get there as we’ve seen.
When I look at Basel, I see my brother, but we are unequal,” he said. “We live in a regime where I am free under civilian law, and Basel is under military laws that destroy his life, and he cannot control. There is a different path, a political solution without ethnic supremacy, with national rights for both of our people. And I have to say, as I’m here, the foreign policy in this country is helping to block this path. Why? Can’t you see that we are intertwined? That my people can be truly safe if Basil’s people are truly free and safe. There is another way. It’s not too late for life, for the living. There is no other way.”
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Testing the limits of power. What say you?
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“Since October 7, Jewish students have faced relentless violence, intimidation, and antisemitic harassment on their campuses – only to be ignored by those who are supposed to protect them,” Secretary of Education Linda McMahon said. “Universities must comply with all federal antidiscrimination laws if they are going to receive federal funding. For too long, Columbia has abandoned that obligation to Jewish students studying on its campus. Today, we demonstrate to Columbia and other universities that we will not tolerate their appalling inaction any longer.”
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I’d say Freedom of speech is a constitutional right. Supreme Court should reverse this easily.
Now, he is doing this not because of antisemitism, but because the 44th President went to Columbia.
Fact that the 44th President was ever elected eats him to his core.
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Keeping to the theme of the thread, the administration is definitely NOT ignoring anti-Semitism.
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I don’t believe the punishment quite fits the crime here, to say the least!
What exactly was the crime exactly and by whom? Was it the entire university?
I don’t see how voicing an opinion is harassment worthy of a $400,000,000 absconding of funds. It is, quite clearly, an abuse of power disguised as impunity.
It may have something to do with repeated incidents of SJP committing crimes and harassing Jewish students, faculty, and Jewish studies courses and Columbia not doing jack squat about it.
Don’t really know, but that’s my guess.
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Nvm
Well if we had a right and wrong or an abuse of power thread, I’d have put it there.
Threads I start seem to attract flags like heat seeking missiles and then promptly removed within seconds.
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That’s the thing, this should have been handled thru our legal system. The Jewish students association or anti-defamation league, or someone, should have filed a suit
against the school so it can be thoroughly litigated. Handing out essentially a "guilty sentence with $400millon fine " is not the way
it should be handled.
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As a non-effected observor I see harassing, intimidating riots masquerading as free speech. I see Columbia and other Ivy institutions doing as little as possible to stop it. I’m not sure that $400 mil will get their attention, but it is a start, as would revoked visas, expulsions and arrest with significant bail on outside agitators. It is hate speech, free or not. Their speech is free but it not exempt from consequences.
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What riots?
Harassment, intimidation, and death threats are very different than “voicing an opinion”.
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Never said anything different. But read the rest of what I wrote.
But you did. You categorized what was happening at Columbia as “voicing an opinion”.
Your words, not mine.
The university did not voice an opinion nor harass nor threaten anyone. I could have been more clear but everyone knew what I meant since the point was about the $300,000.000.
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I don’t see how students voicing an opinion or harassing anyone merits a $400,000,000 absconding of funds of a college endowment.
Lae enforcement exists to go after people breaking laws. Going after Columbia is misguided.
The school should be punished in some way for not cracking down on the harassers, rioters, vandals, and assaulters from the SJP.
$400 million seems a bit over the top, but some punishment is in order.
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