The Great Academic Squirm
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To demand that universities take an institutional stand on issues of the day is to misunderstand their role.

To demand that universities take an institutional stand on issues of the day is to misunderstand their role.

By Eliot A. Cohen

This year, the protests have taken an uglier turn, as encampments have sprouted up. The demonstrators—most of them students, many not, often masked—are calling for divestment by their universities from companies based in or doing business with Israel. Some of the protesters see this goal as an interim step toward the destruction of the state of Israel.

Incredibly cowardly opening paragraph

Ctrl+f "genocide" 0/0 results thonk hmmmmm

  • BodyBySisyphus [he/him]
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    6 months ago

    Can anyone recall a demonstration against Pernod Ricard for failing to fully halt exports of Absolut Vodka to Russia until about a year ago?

    Yes, who can forget that time Russia caused an excess of 30,000 civilian casualties by leveling a city with Absolut. Our collective failure to hold Pernod Ricard to account for its role in that will haunt us for years to come.