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In response to "Harvard University President Claudine Gay resigning her post, allegations of plagiarism / Gaza handling oncampus -- nm" by budice

(the "allegations" were totally ginned up by Bill Ackman and it's a disgrace that Harvard would even entertain accepting her resignation) -- (link)

Posted by hollywood big shot (aka pickmix) Jan 2 '24, 10:29

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https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/12/business/bill-ackman-harvard-antisemitism.html (www.nytimes.com)

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meh. I say she should have been more aware of what she was walking into. Some liberals also seem to live squarely in their own bubble as well. -- (edited) - Jovian Jan 2, 10:30 21
- Dude. -- nm - David Jan 2, 10:40 16
  - Im sorry but she walked into a buzzsaw and was not prepared imo for what was ultimately going to follow. There is a fascist movement that controls the - Jovian Jan 2, 10:43 15
    - I mean Jesus christ, look how easily she was ousted. - Jovian Jan 2, 10:44 14
      - We don't know what else she's been dealing with, hundreds of hateful calls, not all are threatening enough for police, half are MAGA -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 2, 11:06 1
        
        Consider, 5 of 7 council members of Seattle left most due to harassment, round country half voter regs have quit -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 2, 11:09
      - They got their way because they accidentally targeted a plagiarist. In academia, when you need to update your dissertation, you're screwed. -- nm - David Jan 2, 10:48 11
        
        Unless there was new stuff, the "plagiarism" was absurd as an accusation. It's boilerplate language. -- nm - Reagen Jan 2, 10:58 1
        
        There's more new stuff. That's why it went from "she's staying" to "We will graciously accept the resignation you're about to write." - David Jan 2, 11:04
        
        yep. when more came out after the original set, that was that. she became more of a target because of mishandling of what was happening on campus and - i.b.! Jan 2, 10:54 1
        
        Right, it's appalling that the shortest tenured leader at Harvard is the only black woman. That's the part that sticks in my craw. -- nm - David Jan 2, 10:56
        
        Nobody would care* about the plagiarism if she wasn’t already being hounded for the other thing. -- (edited) - Znufrii, exceeds expectations Jan 2, 10:53 6
        
        there have been a number of university presidents from lower-profile schools who’ve resigned when caught having done it. - i.b.! Jan 2, 10:58 2
        
        And it doesn’t become a national exercise in pearl-clutching when it happens, which proves my point. -- (edited) - Znufrii, exceeds expectations Jan 2, 11:02
        
        it's a concerted campaign (that they've publicly admitted to) by a small group of billionaire shitheels to run these women out of office - hollywood big shot Jan 2, 11:00
        
        That's the point. They stumbled into picking the right person. - David Jan 2, 10:55 2
        
        "they" also forced out the female president of Penn last month. there is no perfect university president for a hedge fund billionaire asshole -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 2, 10:57 1
        
        Yes. Petty tyrants are trying to stretch their powers over free thinkers in academia. -- nm - David Jan 2, 11:05
- yes black women rising to positions of power are famously oblivious to the institutional biases against them -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 2, 10:33 3
  - Yes clearly she was not ready to walk into fascism 101 -- nm* - Jovian Jan 2, 10:34 2
    - she really wasn’t. the questions should have been expected, and there wasn’t anything I saw that should not have been asked. - i.b.! Jan 2, 11:06
    - Harvard's endowment is bigger than a lot of developing nations' GDP. live by the billionaire donors, die by the billionaire donors -- nm - hollywood big shot Jan 2, 10:35

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