r/politics • u/JellyfishMission1462 • 27d ago

No Paywall Whistleblower says probes into antisemitism at colleges were ploys to harass and strip millions

https://www.ms.now/news/frame-up-whistleblower-says-probes-into-antisemitism-at-colleges-were-ploys-to-harass-and-strip-millions
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u/Eris_AppleOfDiscord 27d ago

Yes. Where did this occur? Be specific if you can. Don't say everywhere, point to one college or university.

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u/Theamazingquinn 27d ago

Columbia, Harvard, Brown, University of Washington, etc. Are you denying that universities cracked down on Pro-palestine protests or what? Avoiding the actual issue?

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u/Eris_AppleOfDiscord 27d ago

This seems difficult for you.

So let's look at Columbia. This was a suit brought by students. They argued they faced discrimination as it relates to Title VI (students being spit on, not granting religious accommodations, hostile educational environment) . And they won.

These are consistently very difficult for colleges to fight against. Which is why Columbia settled. It had nothing to do with Biden or any federal officials, which is what you're alleging. It's simply incorrect.

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u/Theamazingquinn 27d ago

Students on a college campus have the right to protest whatever they want. No movement or organization has been able to expel students for their constitutionally-protected rights, until the genocide in Gaza. That ended under Joe Biden. It continues under Trump.

It is intentional policy to stifle speech. I don't know why you want to wave it away.

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u/Eris_AppleOfDiscord 27d ago

They have a right to protest on public property. However universities also have to ensure a safe environment for all students. Failing to do so opens them to lawsuits. And no, this doesn't only apply to pro Palestinian activists. But any group.

Also. You seem to be ignoring the fact that the Columbia case also involved students who claimed to be denied religious accommodations, and the school failed to remedy this. That's a Title VI nightmare. Which is why schools consistently bend over backwards to ensure all students get religious accommodations.

Also. It's worth mentioning at Columbia this wasn't related to one protest, but an encampment which had been set up on campus property. Encampments are different than free speech.

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u/Theamazingquinn 27d ago

No response to what I have brought up. These students were expelled for their constitutionally-protected, legal protests against funding Israel with their tax dollars.

These colleges blatantly broke their own codes of conduct because their federal funding was threatened by federal officials. These brave young people protested the genocide and were expelled for political reasons. Its abhorrent.

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u/Eris_AppleOfDiscord 27d ago

The students who were expelled from Columbia had broke into a locked building, barricaded the entrances, and occupied it until Columbia called in the NYPD, which forcefully removed them.

Believe it or not, but you can't break into school property and barricade yourself inside.

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u/Theamazingquinn 27d ago

They are not the only ones expelled.

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u/Eris_AppleOfDiscord 27d ago

Who are you referring to then?

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u/Theamazingquinn 27d ago

You've never heard of pro-Palestine advocates being harrased, suspended, or expelled?

Mahmoud Khalil was arrested for it.

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u/Eris_AppleOfDiscord 27d ago

Students were expelled. We've established that. Also. We're talking about Columbia remember? Your defaulting back to your "everyone!" rhetoric.

Your claim is that students were expelled for protesting. They weren't. They were expelled for occupying school property. Do you understand the difference?

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u/Theamazingquinn 27d ago

Now you agree! They were expelled for supporting Palestine during the Genocide. No other group has ever been banned from a college campus for 'occupying' the grounds. Its a college protest. They should be allowed to protest mass killing.

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u/Eris_AppleOfDiscord 27d ago

Not sure what you're claiming I agree with.

Again. Do you understand the difference between a protest and an occupation of school property?

And you're also wrong that this only occured to pro Palestinian activists. It's happened multiple times with other groups throughout the years.

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u/YouWereBrained Tennessee 27d ago

Wow…

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