1) why arent other universities, Ivies especially, joining Columbia to stand up to this lastes insane, un-Constitutional threat? 2) this demand to codify opposition to policies of current leadership of Israel as antisemitic is a horrific ploy www.nytimes.com/2025/03/14/u... - ThreadSky

clarajeffery.bsky.social • 10 days ago

1) why arent other universities, Ivies especially, joining Columbia to stand up to this lastes insane, un-Constitutional threat?

2) this demand to codify opposition to policies of current leadership of Israel as antisemitic is a horrific ploy https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/14/us/columbia-protester-leqaa-kordia.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

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nywiz.bsky.social•10 days ago

How are they getting this information?
Is Columbia University providing this information to continue to receive government funding?

Everyone in America always asked how could Hitler come to power?

ncbears.bsky.social•10 days ago

The Ivies (some of them) are sitting on billions in endowments - perhaps they are less fearful of losing government funds.

fullmetalrainman.bsky.social•10 days ago

Is lastes supposed to be latest?

dnowick.bsky.social•10 days ago

You pro Islamic terror liberals are the dumbest people in the planet. Suicidal empathy is really going to help you.

mandyk.bsky.social•10 days ago

Exactly this. They have huge cultural capital, gargantuan endowments. So why are Yale, Harvard et al pusillanimously mute against this frontal attack on U.S. academia? If they can collude on financial aid + admissions, surely they can do it for free speech.

maliwaka.bsky.social•10 days ago

kuiper says this is also a tactic. that erdogan did this in turkey — gutted and distorted a well respected university. (will find link.) also the universities are as disarrayed as the citizens. they are likely talking to each other now but theres probably some network state insiders.

maliwaka.bsky.social•10 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/edinh.bsky.social/post/3lkdm74rld222

joshuaaengel.com•10 days ago

Education lawyer perspective: schools have *always* been willing to sacrifice principles such as free speech in order to avoid any threat to federal funding

In 2010s, for example, schools rushed to abandon due process values in order to show that they were tough on sexual assault

traitor45.bsky.social•10 days ago

You mean the type of schools that allow a "transfer" student with a GPA of 1.28 to buy his way in, and open their hallowed halls to his barely above 70 iq progeny? #upenn

traitor45.bsky.social•10 days ago

🤔

bluefish2025.bsky.social•5 days ago

Solution: top 50 selective private colleges announce a No MAGATs' politicians' or donors' kids admitted policy. In fact, start revoking admissions right fucking NOW! That will put a hard stop to this shit!

claytry.bsky.social•10 days ago

The same reason none of the responsible media backed the AP by boycotting the WH press room. As long as it's not me, they think. They seem to believe they can hunker down; that it's just 4 years; they can ride it out, then things will go back to normal. A catastrophic failure of imagination.

claytry.bsky.social•10 days ago

The admin. only has to destroy one and the others will fall in line. Everyone is trying to save things in the old way: just do what they ask, follow the rules, the norms, etc., and we'll be safe. But the world has changed. Solidarity is the only way to defeat a bully.

curlybookworm.bsky.social•10 days ago

Yes. They're deluding themselves. Complying on this won't stop the attacks on academic freedom and self-governance.

luquee50.bsky.social•10 days ago

Being pro-Palestinian is not necessarily anti-semetic, just like being Palestinian does not necessarily mean they're part of Hamas, just like being pro-choice is not necessarily pro-abortion. I believe in a 2-state solution. Bebe wants to commit genocide & get rid of Palestinians. It's wrong.

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