https://breitbart.com/faith/white-house-condemns-university-pres…
President Joe Biden’s administration said Wednesday that it condemned the apparent reluctance of leading university presidents to state in Congress that calls for the genocide of Jewish people would violate their respective campuses’ codes of conduct.
As Breitbart News reported, the presidents of Harvard University, the University of Pennsylvania, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology testified about antisemitism on Wednesday but were evasive in many of their answers. They said specifically that calls for the genocide of Jews — as in calls to destroy Israel — might be permissible, depending on “context.”
That elicited bipartisan condemnation, and the White House condemned the reluctance of the university presidents to punish calls to murder all Jews.
This is been the single best week in years for the cause of limiting free expression and free discourse at colleges.
Anyone who claims they believe in free speech - while they cheer the union of hedge fund billionaire and DC politicians to impose speech limits - is a fraud.
@Pe0plesPartyOatmealDemocrat5mos5MO
This is a misframing.
The issue is about drawing a CLEAR line when speech turns into intimidation and calls to violence.
Not a subjective "context dependent" dodge.
That was exactly the distinction these university professors were trying to draw:
We won't punish pure political speech (like op-eds saying "Free Palestine" or signs for "intifada").
But we will punish conduct, when it's aimed in an harassing way at specific students.
@Pe0plesPartyOatmealDemocrat5mos5MO
I would be inclined to agree, however they weren't asked whether "free Palestine" signs or chants were considered harassment.
They were asked specifically whether a "call for genocide" would fall under harassment.
The absolute easiest question to answer "Yes." to.
@EqualityHarry5mos5MO
1. This is not protected speech bc it incites violence.
2. These presidents selectively choose what is free speech on a sliding scale. So they have no standing.
This is more about the patriarchy than anti-semitism.
Also…
How can people scream for free speech and then say why are you allowing someone to say something I don’t agree with?
It IS about behavior. But sadly, nothing seems to matter but hate and anger these days.
@WelfareLunaDemocrat5mos5MO
This is crazy. They struggled to answer a series of ridiculous or unanswerable questions
@SovereignEagleRepublican5mos5MO
And probably did so following strict instructions from university attorneys. This was a show trial.
@DeficitMeerkatRepublican5mos5MO
Simply asking people if calls for genocide are acceptable is a “show trial?
Idiot.
@ZebraArielDemocrat5mos5MO
I think it would be useful if people stepped back from the conclusory framing at the Congressional hearing and reflected on what are common banners and slogans.
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