What was the class?
Constitutional Interpretation
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Good professors are able to differentiate their personal views from course conduct regardless of the class.
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The issue is that he is openly spreading antisemitic blood libel lies on the internet. He should not be teaching anything at UCLA; he should not be employed by UCLA. The fact that he remains on faculty, continues to teach there, puts into question whether it is a safe atmosphere for Jewish students, or a healthy atmosphere for any students.
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The article cited only references to his criticism of Israel, not of those Jewish. Indeed, the only reference to religion was to Hindu against Muslim violence. Perhaps there are other comments, but the article doesn’t include them.
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Not safe for Hindus, either.
You are quite right about that, but this thread is about antisemitism influencing students’ decisions; however, that man’s horrid hateful lies about Hindus from India, and UCLA’s refusal to get rid of him, have the same negative effect on the atmosphere at the school, put the school to shame.
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OK, so let’s assume that Khaled Abou el-Fadl’s employment will influence the 2 or 3 users above who are commenting over and over on the topic. Point made. Let’s move the conversation forward
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It makes me sick to think that my child had to walk past these to get to class. I guess the administration is debating “context” while it takes no action.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/23/business/harvard-israeli-hostage-posters-vandalized/index.html
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This makes me sick. I have 6 family members that were taken hostage. Five were released and 1 remains. Their stories are truly horrifying. My cousins put up posters in NYC and every day they were defaced and torn down. They put up cameras and were able to confront them on occasion. Their reasons for being sickening humans were disgraceful. While I could see Palestinians being passionate, it was never someone who had a true reason to be passionate. It was usually a poser caught up in defacing the posters of kidnapped people (including women and children) as some form of social justice and occasionally a radical anti-semite masquerading as an “informed” Anti-Zionist. It is very easy to read/watch the accounts of those who have returned. This is willful ignorance.
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The campus is open to anyone in a large urban area. I understand they do not know if the vandal(s) had any school affiliation.
It’s about Harvard’s response to the entire situation, not if a Harvard student actually took the pen to the poster.
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Presumably they can only act against Harvard-affiliated actors? Since they do not know the identity, that will be hard.
I would be surprised if the Cambridge police prioritize vandalism for investigation. Maybe.
Again, it’s about Harvard’s response. There is more to a response than discipline of the perpetrator. What you say about what was done on your campus is entirely on you.
They also don’t know that it’s NOT someone on their campus. Especially as some of the school-sponsored clubs on campus express these same sentiments. You’d think they’d want to find out.
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You want them to make another statement as a response? They already did. They said they were investigating and deplored the vandalism. What more could be added?
https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/23/business/harvard-israeli-hostage-posters-vandalized/index.html
Let me spell it out for you. They called in vandalism while conveniently avoiding the word anti-semitism.
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Good grief. I really think nothing college presidents do will be enough for some people.
Good grief, I think some people will go to any lengths to turn a blind eye to what this really is and avoid calling it out. Again, let me spell it out. ANTI-SEMITISM. Not vandalism, not free speech. ANTI-SEMITISM.
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The crime investigated is vandalism. That is why police are involved.
The new Harvard Task Force established can add it to its ongoing study of antisemitism on campus as well if it wants.