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mehdirhasan.bsky.social • 11 days ago

'Murica!

Columbia University admins warned international journalism students to avoid publishing work on Gaza, Ukraine, and protests after a pro-Palestinian activist's arrest, saying their freedom and academic future could be at risk. “Nobody can protect you.” www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/n...

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tcfo.bsky.social•10 days ago

Looks like Nazi Germany in 30’s and 40’s.

knightedfeline.bsky.social•10 days ago

Ruling class bows down to their buddies in attempt to save themselves headaches later.

deeceetee.bsky.social•10 days ago

Mahmoud Khalil

The problem is NOT Federal prosecution.

The problem is Federal PERSECUTION

The first is a legitimate tool of the state

The latter is an illegitimate tool of autocrats and despots

Khalil is being PERSECUTED

jon-richardson.bsky.social•10 days ago

And be careful about Russia and Ukraine too!

215poundsonthemoon.bsky.social•11 days ago

MAGAmurica. The Turd Reich.

iplegal.bsky.social•10 days ago

Land of the flea!

anyonebuttrump.bsky.social•11 days ago

So much for free speech

broken-bones1.bsky.social•10 days ago

Who would have thought these words would ever come out of an institution that is supposed to teach critical thinking? Dangerous times

pexsy.bsky.social•11 days ago

This would go over well with both college age me and current age me

papahub.bsky.social•10 days ago

Us Brits sometimes get sick of Americans going on about the 1st Amendment all the time, but to be ordered NOT to speak is just fking ludicrous. THIS is why the 1st Amendment was written.

socalgooner.bsky.social•10 days ago

The 1st amendment is the jewel in the crown of the constitution

kjw187.bsky.social•10 days ago

Land of the Brave home of the free... Apparently NOT.

fokkerdude.bsky.social•11 days ago

Totally normal country 🤦🏻‍♂️

iwanttobecanadian.bsky.social•9 days ago

Well, the America I grew up in. You would never see this happen. He is a fucking fascist. Get him out of the WH. Just do it.

theelites.bsky.social•11 days ago

Mehdi have you heard of this conversation? This is one of the best conversations I've heard on Trump's intentions to expand his map in North America. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93r-C3_m5cY

msnicolewilliams.bsky.social•10 days ago

This is not America, the home of the free, anymore.

meanneighborlady.bsky.social•11 days ago

I hate trump and all of his flying monkeys.

vigilantminority.bsky.social•11 days ago

"Obey in advance." Basically.

trishelaw74.bsky.social•10 days ago

So let me get this straight. Columbia is telling its students to not speak out about issues in the world unless they are on an approved list of topics. Completely counter to what attending college is suppose to help foster? Are folks still paying to attend that 💩show. Our funding is more important

outoftheclear.bsky.social•10 days ago

I hate that they can get away with saying "nobody can protect you" rather than "we won't even try."

kurtwhittet.bsky.social•11 days ago

It’s like we’re living in fucking NAZI Germany

robotjeans.bsky.social•10 days ago

A better comparison is actually Mussolini’s Italy.

stormsnhoney.bsky.social•11 days ago

Or Soviet Russia

zroper.bsky.social•10 days ago

I was thinking N. Korea , but since nobody’s been placed in a camp or sentenced to death yet-I digress.

ichamza.bsky.social•10 days ago

Americans look at the most american thing, happening in america most americanly and they huff.. what is this? asia?

stormsnhoney.bsky.social•11 days ago

So #journalists can't report bc they will be the deported. What happened to the #FreePress & #FreedomOfSpeech as our most sacred commitment to #democracy? Yes, Immigrants are under different scrutiny but we've always protected #speech- even in other countries where we sent our journalists

sweetness2.bsky.social•10 days ago

Not since the Saudi “prince” bone sawed one of our journalists. But you know, life goes on for the insanely rich and powerful forces of evil.

stormsnhoney.bsky.social•10 days ago

We have definitely not always been successful... but I remember there was a big outcry over that and it was considered an admin failure that we did not respond more to address that atrocity. It's the fact that our current admin is threatening protestors & targeting ppl that's so scary

peterkc1.bsky.social•10 days ago

It's way past time for universities to serve their students instead of the oligarchs & fascists!
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/we-need-a-new-free-speech-movement/

shelly0z.bsky.social•11 days ago

How about they just don't go to America

nonini00.bsky.social•11 days ago

Academic shame.

read88.bsky.social•11 days ago

Can you imagine that?” nobody can protect you.” there are no rights in America. There is no freedom.

laura76574.bsky.social•11 days ago

Freedom of approved speech only.

clgwtbu71.bsky.social•11 days ago

Welcome to Orban’s Hungary.

andybirss.bsky.social•10 days ago

One presumes that Justin Webb will hail this censorship as yet another example of Trump 'making America normal again'. #r4today

rbrown5518.bsky.social•11 days ago

Martin Luther King Jr. famously stated, "In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.
"silence implies consent"

rbrown5518.bsky.social•11 days ago

In the landmark 1989 case Texas v. Johnson, the Supreme Court ruled that burning the American flag is a form of protected symbolic speech under the First Amendment.

So, what is happening to our nation?

sweetness2.bsky.social•10 days ago

A bunch of idiots voted for a convicted felon who has an axe to grind.

rbrown5518.bsky.social•10 days ago

"Amen" to that☝🏾

wghwanderer.bsky.social•10 days ago

What is happening is exactly what Trump said would happen - he’s becoming a dictator. And 69% of Americans were good with that. 33% voted for Trump and 36% didn’t vote.

kensawone.bsky.social•10 days ago

So rather than fight to protect our First Amendment rights, just shut up?
I get that for non-citizens the path isn't clear. but this is how rights are destroyed - a piece at a time. "This doesn't apply to them" becomes "This doesn't apply to YOU"
#Resist

ptitcombjr.bsky.social•10 days ago

I wonder if Harris would’ve been better, or worse than Trump on this issue?

garethaethwy.bsky.social•10 days ago

Yeah but Freedom of Speech…
Especially considering the FoS absolutists in the administration…

retiredpatriot.bsky.social•10 days ago

These elite universities sit on trillions in endowment, yet not a one will use a penny of those funds to shield their community from arbitrary & capricious government interference.
Why?

retiredpatriot.bsky.social•10 days ago

I believe its all the Business School mindset they fought each other to teach more & more of. To the base of young adults taught only to seek the credentials and not the education.
RIP United States.

ashhathaway.bsky.social•11 days ago

The First Amendment is really more of a suggestion. /s

mcvalada.bsky.social•10 days ago

I earned my M.A. at Columbia. This is infuriating. The Pulitzers should find another home.

broccolee.bsky.social•11 days ago

Bunch of fucking obsequious spineless pussies “standing up”for academic free speech - sure…

mypdt.bsky.social•10 days ago

Pass it on!

https://bsky.app/profile/mypdt.bsky.social/post/3lkban4rvnk2n

mypdt.bsky.social•10 days ago

😢 not right!

paranormalhunter.bsky.social•11 days ago

No one can protect you? How about : “WE WILL SELL YOU OUT TO NAZIS.”

ridiculicious.bsky.social•11 days ago

They need to fuck off. They sold out a student AND lost their funding. How dare they indulge in fear. What kind of education for future journalists are they making?

nstantkarma.bsky.social•11 days ago

Not really a ❤️ reaction, more 🤬 but it not an option

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