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  • H Horace
    6 Dec 2023, 22:01

    It's barely even worth making the hackneyed point that a call for the extermination of black people would not be tolerated. It's like we're ignoring the elephant in the room about double standards, and trying to make sense of this anti-semitic speech in isolation, and failing even to do that.

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    jon-nyc
    wrote on 6 Dec 2023, 22:22 last edited by
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    @Horace

    He goes on to make the point that an hypocrisy charge is totally appropriate.

    To be clear, since many people are making this point, I completely agree with @DeadLiftCapital that the university presidents can be charged with hypocrisy, but that is not the point that Stefanik or Ackman are making and is irrelevant to my argument.

    Only non-witches get due process.

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    • J jon-nyc
      6 Dec 2023, 22:21

      @Horace

      His point is that harassment and bullying predicate interpersonal interactions.

      It’s definitional. It’s not some fine distinction.

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      Horace
      wrote on 6 Dec 2023, 22:32 last edited by
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      @jon-nyc said in Meanwhile, at Harvard...:

      @Horace

      His point is that harassment and bullying predicate interpersonal interactions.

      It’s definitional. It’s not some fine distinction.

      It remains unsatisfying to believe there is a reasonable distinction to be made between "Kill Jews", "Kill all the Jews on campus", "Kill the members of the Jewish Zionist Student Organization", "Kill Joe the Jew". Based on your idea of the clear definitions, which of those aren't allowed, and which are?

      Education is extremely important.

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        jon-nyc
        wrote on 6 Dec 2023, 22:34 last edited by jon-nyc 12 Jun 2023, 22:37
        #105

        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.

        Only non-witches get due process.

        • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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        • J jon-nyc
          6 Dec 2023, 22:34

          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.

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          Horace
          wrote on 6 Dec 2023, 22:41 last edited by jon-nyc 12 Jun 2023, 23:03
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          @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.

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          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”
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          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.

          Education is extremely important.

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            jon-nyc
            wrote on 6 Dec 2023, 22:49 last edited by
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            FIRE President Greg Lukianoff with a principled take as you would expect.

            Only non-witches get due process.

            • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
            H G 2 Replies Last reply 6 Dec 2023, 23:29
            • A Aqua Letifer
              6 Dec 2023, 21:59

              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.

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              jon-nyc
              wrote on 6 Dec 2023, 22:51 last edited by
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              @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.

              Only non-witches get due process.

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                jon-nyc
                wrote on 6 Dec 2023, 22:58 last edited by
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                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

                Only non-witches get due process.

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                • H Horace
                  6 Dec 2023, 22:41

                  @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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                  Horace
                  wrote on 6 Dec 2023, 23:24 last edited by
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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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                  • J jon-nyc
                    6 Dec 2023, 22:49

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

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                    Horace
                    wrote on 6 Dec 2023, 23:29 last edited by
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                    @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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                    • J jon-nyc
                      6 Dec 2023, 22:51

                      @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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                      Aqua Letifer
                      wrote on 6 Dec 2023, 23:46 last edited by
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                      @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 6 Dec 2023, 23:50 last edited by
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                        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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                        • A Aqua Letifer
                          6 Dec 2023, 23:46

                          @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?

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                          jon-nyc
                          wrote on 6 Dec 2023, 23:59 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?

                          Only non-witches get due process.

                          • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
                          A H 2 Replies Last reply 7 Dec 2023, 00:02
                          • J jon-nyc
                            6 Dec 2023, 23:59

                            @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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                            Aqua Letifer
                            wrote on 7 Dec 2023, 00:02 last edited by
                            #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 K
                              wrote on 7 Dec 2023, 00:15 last edited by
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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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                              • J jon-nyc
                                6 Dec 2023, 23:59

                                @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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                                Horace
                                wrote on 7 Dec 2023, 00:45 last edited by
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                                @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
                                  wrote on 7 Dec 2023, 04:14 last edited by
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                                    89th
                                    wrote on 7 Dec 2023, 04:38 last edited by
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                                    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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                                    • C Copper
                                      6 Dec 2023, 23:50

                                      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
                                      wrote on 7 Dec 2023, 06:09 last edited by bachophile 12 Jul 2023, 06:10
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                                      @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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                                        7 Dec 2023, 04:14

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                                        Aqua Letifer
                                        wrote on 7 Dec 2023, 06:20 last edited by
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                                        @bachophile said in Meanwhile, at Harvard...:

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                                        Perfect.

                                        Please love yourself.

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                                        • J jon-nyc
                                          6 Dec 2023, 22:49

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

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                                          George K
                                          wrote on 7 Dec 2023, 13:32 last edited by
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                                          @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.

                                          H AxtremusA 2 Replies Last reply 7 Dec 2023, 14:12
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