Ultra-wealthy donors want to punish students for comments they made after Hamas’ massacre of Israeli citizens. The schools should stand up for their students’ rights.
terrorists gives colleges and universities a choice between protecting their students or caving into the pressure of wealthy donors. They should choose their students.Solidarity Committee, co-signed by several dozen other student organizations—blaming Israel as being “solely responsible for all unfolding violence” have caused enormous backlash against the students, as well as the schools.
Ackman appears oblivious to the irony of his social media support for MAGA poster-boy Kyle Rittenhouse—whom Ackman praised as a “civic-minded patriot” for killing two unarmed people with an AR-15 assault-style rifle, and maiming a third—while he calls for the McCarthy-style blacklisting of students who signed the letter blaming Israel for the Hamas attacks.
Most colleges and universities already have existing policies and mission statements that ban hate speech and any form of discrimination based on religion, political viewpoints, gender, and the like. They should remind the critics and their own students of these policies that allow for the discipline of students for violating such rules—discipline that includes suspension and expulsion.
Universities have always been a flashpoint for social and historical change. The wide-scale student protests during the Vietnam War, calls for divestment over apartheid, and climate change are just a few instances that have contributed greatly to social change.
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