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The Curious Case of Claudine Gay

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  • H Horace
    2 Jan 2024, 02:52

    I wonder how much truth there is to Obama stepping up to support her, and I wonder how much clout he has.

    I would google it, but I don't really want to google "obama gay".

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    George K
    wrote on 3 Jan 2024, 03:21 last edited by
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    @Horace said in The Curious Case of Claudine Gay:

    I wonder how much truth there is to Obama stepping up to support her, and I wonder how much clout he has.

    I would google it, but I don't really want to google "obama gay".

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    "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
      wrote on 3 Jan 2024, 03:26 last edited by
      #126

      Take a bow, Mr Ackman.

      Only non-witches get due process.

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      • J jon-nyc
        3 Jan 2024, 03:26

        Take a bow, Mr Ackman.

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        89th
        wrote on 3 Jan 2024, 04:14 last edited by
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        @jon-nyc said in The Curious Case of Claudine Gay:

        Take a bow, Mr Ackman.

        You too, sir. I just opened this thread for the first time in weeks and saw your prediction 14 days ago.

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          jon-nyc
          wrote on 3 Jan 2024, 11:40 last edited by
          #128

          And Stefanik for getting the ball rolling in the first place.

          Only non-witches get due process.

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            jon-nyc
            wrote on 3 Jan 2024, 11:41 last edited by
            #129

            By the way, the Harvard Corporation statement at least mentions her transgressions. Not with specifics but it at least mentions that there were some.

            Only non-witches get due process.

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              George K
              wrote on 3 Jan 2024, 11:52 last edited by
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              And though she has resigned as president, she still keeps her job at Harvard as a (cough) "scholar."

              The salary is about $900K, which is more than I made in 7 months.

              "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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                George K
                wrote on 3 Jan 2024, 11:54 last edited by
                #131

                And the Associated (with Democrats) Press finds conservatives pouncing. Or is is seizing?

                https://apnews.com/article/harvard-president-plagiarism-claudine-gay-3b048da1f2ee17b5edec3680b5828e8f

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                "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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                • G George K
                  3 Jan 2024, 11:54

                  And the Associated (with Democrats) Press finds conservatives pouncing. Or is is seizing?

                  https://apnews.com/article/harvard-president-plagiarism-claudine-gay-3b048da1f2ee17b5edec3680b5828e8f

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                  Copper
                  wrote on 3 Jan 2024, 12:32 last edited by
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                  @George-K said in The Curious Case of Claudine Gay:

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                  I thought that was from the Bee when I read it.

                  But no!

                  It is real AP.

                  https://apnews.com/article/harvard-president-plagiarism-claudine-gay-3b048da1f2ee17b5edec3680b5828e8f

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                    jon-nyc
                    wrote on 3 Jan 2024, 12:33 last edited by
                    #133

                    The interns aren’t taking it very well.

                    Only non-witches get due process.

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                      LuFins Dad
                      wrote on 3 Jan 2024, 12:35 last edited by
                      #134

                      Has somebody ran that AP article past a plagiarism detection program?

                      The Brad

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                        Jolly
                        wrote on 3 Jan 2024, 12:58 last edited by
                        #135

                        Gee, don't you imagine the Columbia President is counting her blessings about a scheduling conflict right now. That was supposed to be the fourth witness at the hearing.

                        “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                        Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                        • L LuFins Dad
                          3 Jan 2024, 12:35

                          Has somebody ran that AP article past a plagiarism detection program?

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                          George K
                          wrote on 3 Jan 2024, 13:24 last edited by
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                          @LuFins-Dad said in The Curious Case of Claudine Gay:

                          Has somebody ran that AP article past a plagiarism detection program?

                          Makes you wonder how accurate these things are.

                          https://plagiarismdetector.net

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                          "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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                          • J jon-nyc
                            3 Jan 2024, 03:26

                            Take a bow, Mr Ackman.

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                            George K
                            wrote on 3 Jan 2024, 14:08 last edited by
                            #137

                            @jon-nyc said in The Curious Case of Claudine Gay:

                            Take a bow, Mr Ackman.

                            Ackman sort of explains:

                            "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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                            • G George K
                              3 Jan 2024, 11:54

                              And the Associated (with Democrats) Press finds conservatives pouncing. Or is is seizing?

                              https://apnews.com/article/harvard-president-plagiarism-claudine-gay-3b048da1f2ee17b5edec3680b5828e8f

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                              LuFins Dad
                              wrote on 3 Jan 2024, 14:27 last edited by
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                              @George-K said in The Curious Case of Claudine Gay:

                              And the Associated (with Democrats) Press finds conservatives pouncing. Or is is seizing?

                              https://apnews.com/article/harvard-president-plagiarism-claudine-gay-3b048da1f2ee17b5edec3680b5828e8f

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                              On X, formerly Twitter, he wrote “SCALPED,” as if Gay was a trophy of violence, invoking a gruesome practice taken up by white colonists who sought to eradicate Native Americans.

                              Uhm, what?

                              The Brad

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                                Mik
                                wrote on 3 Jan 2024, 14:33 last edited by
                                #139

                                Ackman’s tweet is terrifying.

                                “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                                • M Mik
                                  3 Jan 2024, 14:33

                                  Ackman’s tweet is terrifying.

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                                  Jolly
                                  wrote on 3 Jan 2024, 15:14 last edited by
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                                  @Mik said in The Curious Case of Claudine Gay:

                                  Ackman’s tweet is terrifying.

                                  Yes, it is.

                                  Wonder if he would take Gay's old job?

                                  “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                                  Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                                    89th
                                    wrote on 3 Jan 2024, 15:50 last edited by
                                    #141

                                    What I learned, however, was that DEI was not about diversity in its purest form, but rather DEI was a political advocacy movement on behalf of certain groups that are deemed oppressed under DEI’s own methodology.

                                    Under DEI, one’s degree of oppression is determined based upon where one resides on a so-called intersectional pyramid of oppression where whites, Jews, and Asians are deemed oppressors, and a subset of people of color, LGBTQ people, and/or women are deemed to be oppressed. Under this ideology which is the philosophical underpinning of DEI as advanced by Ibram X. Kendi and others, one is either an anti-racist or a racist. There is no such thing as being “not racist.”

                                    Well summarized.

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                                      89th
                                      wrote on 3 Jan 2024, 15:52 last edited by
                                      #142

                                      I might have mentioned before, but when I was doing graduate work at Syracuse University in 2016, I was surprised that "safe spaces" were literally physical locations. Signs in a coffee shop would declare the space "safe space for all" or something... until then I thought it was just a joke/phrase! Of course, I was tempted to test if the space was really safe for "all" or if it was really just a place to be safe from opinions that might hurt your feelings.

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                                        George K
                                        wrote on 3 Jan 2024, 16:15 last edited by
                                        #143

                                        The question that Ackman hints at, in a general way, is this: Would any person with a CV consisting of 11-12 publications be considered qualified to be president of Harvard University, or would a higher academic standard be invoked?

                                        "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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                                          Jolly
                                          wrote on 3 Jan 2024, 17:19 last edited by
                                          #144

                                          I think the publications could be waived for a person of stature.

                                          How many pubs does Condi Rice have?

                                          “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                                          Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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