Starts at 53:10. This guy has lost it.

Edit: he further tries to justify it at 1:10:38

  • nat_turner_overdrive [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    yet another professor completely misunderstands world outside of their own tiny sphere of academic research, not really surprising but kind of disappointing for finkelstein

    • CommCat [none/use name]
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      4 years ago

      I would not call Finkelstein some Ivory tower academic. His academic career has been destroyed because of his fierce support for Palestinian rights.

      • nat_turner_overdrive [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        My bad, another former professor completely misunderstands the world outside his own tiny sphere of academic research

      • 1111br2222 [none/use name]
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        4 years ago

        Yeah, listening to this now and he's actually making the ivory tower argument in the other direction. He's talking about basically being one of the only people in left academia/media from a poor background(specifically calling out Amy Goodman for her and all of her siblings apparently going to harvard) I can see why Brace seems to relate to him a lot.