More strange and/or foul reactions

[89th]

@LuFins-Dad said in More strange and/or foul reactions:

Times Square right now

What the actual fuck?

Reminds me of the BLM protests. Some folks love to get swept into the cathartic glee of a protest for “the repressed”, often without any direct connection to the subject, and often without any statistic or logical thought if it’s based in reality.

[George K]

@89th said in More strange and/or foul reactions:

Some folks love to get swept into the cathartic glee of a protest for “the repressed”

Like all those…

“In this house…"

[jon-nyc]

[jon-nyc]

[George K]

MY god...

[kluurs]

@jon-nyc said in More strange and/or foul reactions:

Collateral damage - whether here or in a hospital or school there, Palestian children face such consequences. Hate is not human's most precise tool for improving the human experience.

[George K]

Do we know anything about this monster?

[jon-nyc]

He had a long career at JP Morgan and wrote in Bloomberg as his presidential choice in 2020.

[George K]

Not strange or foul, but this might get Penn's attention.

Huntsman "closed the checkbook."

1987 College graduate Jon Huntsman Jr. told Penn President Liz Magill that his family will stop donating to Penn, stripping the University of a longtime donor amid backlash from influential trustees and alumni.

In an email to Magill obtained by The Daily Pennsylvanian, Huntsman — a former University trustee, governor of Utah, and United States ambassador — said that the Huntsman Foundation will "close its checkbook" on future donations to Penn. Huntsman, whose family has donated tens of millions to Penn over the course of three generations, wrote that the University had become "almost unrecognizable" due to administrators' response to antisemitism.

"Moral relativism has fueled the university’s race to the bottom and sadly now has reached a point where remaining impartial is no longer an option," he wrote to Magill after a meeting of the Board of Trustees on Friday night.

Huntsman expressed disappointment in Penn's alleged "silence" to the attack by Hamas on Israel.

"The University’s silence in the face of reprehensible and historic Hamas evil against the people of Israel (when the only response should be outright condemnation) is a new low," Huntsman wrote. "Silence is antisemitism, and antisemitism is hate, the very thing higher ed was built to obviate."

I'm so old that I remember when someone cried "silence is violence!" these asshats nodded approvingly, staged a "kneel-in" in congress and condoned the burning and looting of our cities.

[George K]

[Jolly]

@Copper said in More strange and/or foul reactions:

Among the comments:

After doing a bit of reading, it seems that we should actually add about 12 points to the scores.

[jon-nyc]

@George-K said in More strange and/or foul reactions:

That’s where the boy was born.

[jon-nyc]

Jesus.

[Mik]

That's obscene.

[George K]

@jon-nyc said in More strange and/or foul reactions:

That’s where the boy was born.

[jon-nyc]

I don't understand how anyone with an institutional role that is publicly visible posts political shit on social media. I never did post political shit except for our little hideout here, and now as chair of the Foundation I'm even more careful.

[Mik]

As it befits your position to be. As amazing as it may seem, some things are more important than publicly airing our opinions.

[George K]

@jon-nyc said in More strange and/or foul reactions:

I don't understand how anyone with an institutional role that is publicly visible posts political shit on social media.

Indeed. If you look at my Faceypage, you'll see

1. It's not my real name ("V" is my middle initial, in case you're wondering).
2. There's nothing political or controversial there.

I decided that when I established the account (before I retired). Last thing I wanted was some patient looking me up.

Yeah, if you're really dedicated, you can find my kids and their last names, but...

[jon-nyc]

[Mik]

Um…aren’t Palestinians Semites as well?