(A.K.A. Non-Original Rants)

–Co-opting good stuff from all over the ‘Net and maybe some original thoughts—ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒE

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Bigger issues go by the wayside

 Let’s face it–all three of the university presidents who spoke before Congress this week are liberal women.  Which means that their priorities are whack-a-doo.

For example:  at Harvard, not using someone’s preferred pronouns is harassment.   But apparently at Harvard, calling for violence against Jews (calls which often are followed up by action), is a gray area.

In fact:

Harvard has yet to publicly address the harassment of one of its students but has taken a strong stand against the public identification of student protesters, which Dean of Students Thomas Dunne called a “repugnant assault on our community.”

Dunne, who oversees the school’s Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, did not respond to a request for comment about whether his task force would assist the students captured on the video published by the Free Beacon, or whether Harvard had any plans to take disciplinary action against them.

MIT says that it’s sexual harassment to call someone by their ‘birth name’ if they indicate they are transgender.

“Even when done accidentally,” it “brings all of their negative life experience with that name to the surface … it is considered a violent act.”

 But:

“An Israeli student whose identity and personal info was sold online for a bounty has not left his dorm room in weeks out of fear due to death threats,” said Talia Khan, the president of MIT’s Israel Alliance. 

And ironically enough, the President of UPenn, who is getting serious blowback for her comments had this happen on her own campus.

Liz Magill, the president of Penn, said the university had notified the FBI and local police, who launched a joint investigation after several staff members were targeted with “hateful language.” Officials conducted safety sweeps of an on-campus Jewish group and dorm, but no credible threats were found at the time.

“Today, I learned that a small number of Penn staff members received vile, disturbing antisemitic emails threatening violence against members of our Jewish community,” Magill wrote in an email to students and staffers. “The perniciousness of antisemitic acts on our campus is causing deep hurt and fear for our Jewish students, faculty, and staff and shaking their sense of safety and belonging at Penn. This is intolerable.”

It took two days for the president of Harvard to comment on the atrocities of October 7.  One would think that the rape and murder of civilians, women, and babies as well as the brutalization of their hostages by inhuman monsters would merit some pretty strong verbiage from those women.   But when your focus is preventing butthurt from mentally ill children, then perhaps they don’t have the capacity to recognize true evil.



  1. some people can be very smart in ways that gets them high posts in universities but are stupid when it comes to other areas.

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  2. I grew up with a deep respect for Judaism. My favorite uncle was Jewish, my cousins Jewish, my first two bosses are Jewish, my wife was Jewish.Something almost all had in common was voting for socialism and advocating for a police state. On the one hand, what is happening to Jews is terrible. On the other hand, a large number brought it on themselves.

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  3. For these women, Antisemitism is a Fashion in their circles. They don't mean anything they say, it is just what the “In” crowd is saying, so they follow. It is one of the many arguments against women holding positions of power…..they most often follow, rather than lead. Even when it is a Bad Thing and they know it.

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  4. Avraham–Liberal women are followers no matter how much 'education'.Anon–Agreed.Anon-Agree mostly but I don't think those women would know a Bad Thing if it kicked them in the face.Big Ruckus D–Cant disagree with anything you said, but with everything you said, maybe your own blog might be a thing?

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  5. I've contemplated setting up my own soapbox a time or two, but don't think I could maintain the consistent volume and quality of output needed to keep a blog of my own viable. Generally, the urge to write about things sociopolitical hits me sporadically, and then usually in response to another comment I see posted on one of the blogs I read routinely. That said, if long form comments like I posted yesterday are a breach of protocol, I'll refrain from posting them. Your house, your rules, and all that.

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  6. This is not antisemitism. It is white hate, taught and directed by the usual suspects. It is just that the diversity noted that the Jews are (shocked face here) – White! And so hate is being directed at the evil white man.Welcome to the party. It feels like that meme of a line of guys about to be hung and one turns to another and says, “your first time?”

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  7. some people can be very smart in ways that gets them high posts in universities but are stupid when it comes to other areas.

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  8. I grew up with a deep respect for Judaism. My favorite uncle was Jewish, my cousins Jewish, my first two bosses are Jewish, my wife was Jewish.Something almost all had in common was voting for socialism and advocating for a police state. On the one hand, what is happening to Jews is terrible. On the other hand, a large number brought it on themselves.

    Like

  9. For these women, Antisemitism is a Fashion in their circles. They don't mean anything they say, it is just what the “In” crowd is saying, so they follow. It is one of the many arguments against women holding positions of power…..they most often follow, rather than lead. Even when it is a Bad Thing and they know it.

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  10. Avraham–Liberal women are followers no matter how much 'education'.Anon–Agreed.Anon-Agree mostly but I don't think those women would know a Bad Thing if it kicked them in the face.Big Ruckus D–Cant disagree with anything you said, but with everything you said, maybe your own blog might be a thing?

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  11. I've contemplated setting up my own soapbox a time or two, but don't think I could maintain the consistent volume and quality of output needed to keep a blog of my own viable. Generally, the urge to write about things sociopolitical hits me sporadically, and then usually in response to another comment I see posted on one of the blogs I read routinely. That said, if long form comments like I posted yesterday are a breach of protocol, I'll refrain from posting them. Your house, your rules, and all that.

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  12. This is not antisemitism. It is white hate, taught and directed by the usual suspects. It is just that the diversity noted that the Jews are (shocked face here) – White! And so hate is being directed at the evil white man.Welcome to the party. It feels like that meme of a line of guys about to be hung and one turns to another and says, “your first time?”

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