• Maggoty@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    One of the oldest racist tricks in the book. If we have to let minorities have nice things we’ll just close down the nice things.

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    7 months ago

    At this point, not letting her speak is doing more reputational damage to the university than letting her speak and following it up with a cookie cutter disclaimer that her views do not necessarily represent those of the administration.

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    7 months ago

    Not that I agree with it, but a commencement with no speakers would be great. Just hand out the diplomas so we can all go home.

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    7 months ago

    If you can’t say something nice [about Israel] don’t say anything at all.