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  • jon-nycJ Online
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    jon-nyc
    wrote on last edited by
    #109

    Horace - forgive me I accidentally edited your post above instead of replying to it. Fat fingers, small phone.

    I can’t undo it or I would. I’ll make a note in the post itself

    "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
    -Cormac McCarthy

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    • HoraceH Horace

      @jon-nyc said in Meanwhile, at Harvard...:

      It isn’t a question of what’s allowed. It’s a question of what constitutes harassment.

      If I post a general comment here about (say) gender differences, should an employee at my foundation be able to report it to HR as harassment?

      Of course not.

      What if I post it and then send them the link? That’s different.

      Thanks. I guess I was thinking about it all wrong. I had been thinking that the subject was, what was or was not allowed as campus speech.

      ***************-
      note from Jon. I tried to reply to this but hit edit accidentally. I cut off the rest of his paragraph. The text below here is my “reply”
      ***************-

      The entirety of Lemoine’s point was about Stefanik asking about whether this constituted ‘harassment and bullying’.

      Perhaps the universities have ‘hate speech’ codes that this could have violated, in which case surely the Representative could have nailed them on that.

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      @jon-nyc said in Meanwhile, at Harvard...:

      The entirety of Lemoine’s point was about Stefanik asking about whether this constituted ‘harassment and bullying’.

      Perhaps the universities have ‘hate speech’ codes that this could have violated, in which case surely the Representative could have nailed them on that.

      My four scenarios about Joe the Jew are coherent as either allowed or disallowed within any policy you'd care to name.

      Education is extremely important.

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      • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

        FIRE President Greg Lukianoff with a principled take as you would expect.

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        #111

        @jon-nyc said in Meanwhile, at Harvard...:

        FIRE President Greg Lukianoff with a principled take as you would expect.

        From the from the comments:

        Best line: "As FIRE President and CEO Greg Lukianoff has written, censorship doesn’t change a person’s mind — it only prevents us from knowing what’s in their mind."

        This is actually not quite accurate. Ideas which people cannot talk about, do die, or are at least damaged. It's poetic to think that somehow, karmically, the ideas remain, and emerge stronger when finally freed, but really, as programmable meat robots, if you deprive humans of the programming, which is to say the messaging and conversation around it, those ideas do go away.

        Education is extremely important.

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        • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

          @Aqua-Letifer said in Meanwhile, at Harvard...:

          I also think the tweet misses the point entirely. Yeah sure okay, that's what the hearings are about, but the problem on the table right now, the one we are and should be focusing on, isn't adherence to university harassment policies.

          Seems like Representative Stefancik missed the point.

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          #112

          @jon-nyc said in Meanwhile, at Harvard...:

          @Aqua-Letifer said in Meanwhile, at Harvard...:

          I also think the tweet misses the point entirely. Yeah sure okay, that's what the hearings are about, but the problem on the table right now, the one we are and should be focusing on, isn't adherence to university harassment policies.

          Seems like Representative Stefancik missed the point.

          Are you of the opinion that anti-semitism isn't a concern at these universities, and that university policy is what we should be focusing on?

          Please love yourself.

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            Copper
            wrote on last edited by
            #113

            The university presidents screwed up.

            They should have given the simple yes or no - 1 word.

            Why not? I think either way is legal and the fact that democrats now hate Jews is well known.

            They acted like a bunch of guilty teenagers.

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            • Aqua LetiferA Aqua Letifer

              @jon-nyc said in Meanwhile, at Harvard...:

              @Aqua-Letifer said in Meanwhile, at Harvard...:

              I also think the tweet misses the point entirely. Yeah sure okay, that's what the hearings are about, but the problem on the table right now, the one we are and should be focusing on, isn't adherence to university harassment policies.

              Seems like Representative Stefancik missed the point.

              Are you of the opinion that anti-semitism isn't a concern at these universities, and that university policy is what we should be focusing on?

              jon-nycJ Online
              jon-nycJ Online
              jon-nyc
              wrote on last edited by
              #114

              @Aqua-Letifer said in Meanwhile, at Harvard...:

              @jon-nyc said in Meanwhile, at Harvard...:

              @Aqua-Letifer said in Meanwhile, at Harvard...:

              I also think the tweet misses the point entirely. Yeah sure okay, that's what the hearings are about, but the problem on the table right now, the one we are and should be focusing on, isn't adherence to university harassment policies.

              Seems like Representative Stefancik missed the point.

              Are you of the opinion that anti-semitism isn't a concern at these universities, and that university policy is what we should be focusing on?

              Of course not. Again, Lemoine’s point was rather specific. I even said it was a bit of a nitpick when I posted it.

              You’re right that it’s beside the point. But maybe Stefanik could have gotten to the point?

              "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
              -Cormac McCarthy

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              • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                @Aqua-Letifer said in Meanwhile, at Harvard...:

                @jon-nyc said in Meanwhile, at Harvard...:

                @Aqua-Letifer said in Meanwhile, at Harvard...:

                I also think the tweet misses the point entirely. Yeah sure okay, that's what the hearings are about, but the problem on the table right now, the one we are and should be focusing on, isn't adherence to university harassment policies.

                Seems like Representative Stefancik missed the point.

                Are you of the opinion that anti-semitism isn't a concern at these universities, and that university policy is what we should be focusing on?

                Of course not. Again, Lemoine’s point was rather specific. I even said it was a bit of a nitpick when I posted it.

                You’re right that it’s beside the point. But maybe Stefanik could have gotten to the point?

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                #115

                @jon-nyc said in Meanwhile, at Harvard...:

                @Aqua-Letifer said in Meanwhile, at Harvard...:

                @jon-nyc said in Meanwhile, at Harvard...:

                @Aqua-Letifer said in Meanwhile, at Harvard...:

                I also think the tweet misses the point entirely. Yeah sure okay, that's what the hearings are about, but the problem on the table right now, the one we are and should be focusing on, isn't adherence to university harassment policies.

                Seems like Representative Stefancik missed the point.

                Are you of the opinion that anti-semitism isn't a concern at these universities, and that university policy is what we should be focusing on?

                Of course not. Again, Lemoine’s point was rather specific. I even said it was a bit of a nitpick when I posted it.

                You’re right that it’s beside the point. But maybe Stefanik could have gotten to the point?

                If this were another century maybe. I hope against but always expect our legislators to be this incompetent.

                Please love yourself.

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                • George KG Offline
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                  The editors at National Review:

                  https://www.nationalreview.com/2023/12/university-presidents-abhorrent-hypocrisy-on-anti-jewish-speech/

                  "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                  The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                  • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                    @Aqua-Letifer said in Meanwhile, at Harvard...:

                    @jon-nyc said in Meanwhile, at Harvard...:

                    @Aqua-Letifer said in Meanwhile, at Harvard...:

                    I also think the tweet misses the point entirely. Yeah sure okay, that's what the hearings are about, but the problem on the table right now, the one we are and should be focusing on, isn't adherence to university harassment policies.

                    Seems like Representative Stefancik missed the point.

                    Are you of the opinion that anti-semitism isn't a concern at these universities, and that university policy is what we should be focusing on?

                    Of course not. Again, Lemoine’s point was rather specific. I even said it was a bit of a nitpick when I posted it.

                    You’re right that it’s beside the point. But maybe Stefanik could have gotten to the point?

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                    wrote on last edited by
                    #117

                    @jon-nyc said in Meanwhile, at Harvard...:

                    @Aqua-Letifer said in Meanwhile, at Harvard...:

                    @jon-nyc said in Meanwhile, at Harvard...:

                    @Aqua-Letifer said in Meanwhile, at Harvard...:

                    I also think the tweet misses the point entirely. Yeah sure okay, that's what the hearings are about, but the problem on the table right now, the one we are and should be focusing on, isn't adherence to university harassment policies.

                    Seems like Representative Stefancik missed the point.

                    Are you of the opinion that anti-semitism isn't a concern at these universities, and that university policy is what we should be focusing on?

                    Of course not. Again, Lemoine’s point was rather specific. I even said it was a bit of a nitpick when I posted it.

                    You’re right that it’s beside the point. But maybe Stefanik could have gotten to the point?

                    I don't know why the senator was so specific about the policy, but even a harassment / bullying policy could be violated by a call for the murder of a group of people one is part of.

                    Education is extremely important.

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                      bachophile
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                      #118

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                      • 89th8 Offline
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                        89th
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                        #119

                        I would've kept it simple and said there is free speech on these campuses, as hateful as the speech might be, and that the university only intervenes once it seems like the speech is converting to a sticks and stones phases, as opposed to just words and air.

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                        • CopperC Copper

                          The university presidents screwed up.

                          They should have given the simple yes or no - 1 word.

                          Why not? I think either way is legal and the fact that democrats now hate Jews is well known.

                          They acted like a bunch of guilty teenagers.

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                          bachophile
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                          #120

                          @Copper said in Meanwhile, at Harvard...:

                          The university presidents screwed up.

                          They should have given the simple yes or no - 1 word.

                          Why not? I think either way is legal and the fact that democrats now hate Jews is well known.

                          They acted like a bunch of guilty teenagers.

                          well, it was a bit of a trick question, if you say yes, the next question is why wasnt anyone disciplined or expelled, if you say no, you sound like a fascist, so they tried to lawyer their way through by saying yes,but...(context blah blah blah)

                          and only after the fact do you see how simply assinine that sounds. but it was a lose lose situation, because the fact stands that no one was disciplined, or certainly expelled, so that has to be defended as defending free speech.

                          i really wonder if these presidents will keep their jobs, i understand there are lots of very angry board members at each school saying they humiliated themselves and the institutions they represent in front of the US Congress. not a pretty site.

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                            @bachophile said in Meanwhile, at Harvard...:

                            IMG_1745.jpeg

                            Perfect.

                            Please love yourself.

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                            • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                              FIRE President Greg Lukianoff with a principled take as you would expect.

                              George KG Offline
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                              George K
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                              #122

                              @jon-nyc said in Meanwhile, at Harvard...:

                              FIRE President Greg Lukianoff with a principled take as you would expect.

                              More from FIRE. A little less nuanced.

                              "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                              The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                jon-nyc
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                                #123

                                I fear yesterday will become known as the day the right effectively signed off on hate-speech laws.

                                "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                                -Cormac McCarthy

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                                  LuFins Dad
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                                  Sorry, but this is all a result of decades worth of accepting and even promoting criminal harassment, intimidation, and extortion and calling it free speech, while punishing and belittling those that peacefully assemble and express themselves.

                                  Harassment and intimidation is not a policy issue for Presidents and Chancellors to debate, it’s a policing issue.

                                  The Brad

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                                  • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                                    I fear yesterday will become known as the day the right effectively signed off on hate-speech laws.

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                                    #125

                                    @jon-nyc said in Meanwhile, at Harvard...:

                                    I fear yesterday will become known as the day the right effectively signed off on hate-speech laws.

                                    Imagine all those both sides are equal posts whenever anybody on the right complains about free speech. Terrifying indeed.

                                    Education is extremely important.

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                                      George K
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                                      Is burning a cross "free speech?"

                                      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                        I'm a bit extreme, but sure...burn the cross. Tell someone you support genocide. Free speech laws are meant to protect the stuff that makes you uncomfortable, not the easy stuff. I tell my kids whenever a sibling tells another one "You're a booty butt!" (a very common insult when the 5 year old tries to get the 3 year old to cry). I tell them they are just words. Air and sound. They don't hurt and to ignore it. "Sticks and stones will break my bones but words cannot hurt me...

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                                        • George KG George K

                                          @jon-nyc said in Meanwhile, at Harvard...:

                                          FIRE President Greg Lukianoff with a principled take as you would expect.

                                          More from FIRE. A little less nuanced.

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                                          @George-K said in Meanwhile, at Harvard...:

                                          @jon-nyc said in Meanwhile, at Harvard...:

                                          FIRE President Greg Lukianoff with a principled take as you would expect.

                                          More from FIRE. A little less nuanced.

                                          It's certainly true that whatever speech and thought policing power is accumulated due to this, will be abused by the problem glass wearing middle aged progressive females in charge of the institutions. Maybe it's been 4D chess all along. Introduce an authoritarian idea blatantly biased against one political tribe, then watch them embrace the weapon when they see a chance to turn it on the other side. It's completely rational. What would any of us choose, between an unprincipled weapon used against our side exclusively, or an unprincipled weapon applied to everybody? Look to the chimp fairness experiment, there's your answer.

                                          Education is extremely important.

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