This essay really bothered me—not because it is wrong, but because of its omissions. It is absolutely correct that foreign money is corrupting U.S. universities, but the devil is in the details of how foreign money is corrupting our interpretation of academic freedom—often mistaken for First Amendment issues on private campuses. No essay can fully address this subject without noting how protests against Israel were also the locus of harassment, intimidation, and violence against Jews on campus simply because they were Jewish. These incidents were well documented, violated federal law, and were therefore falsely portrayed as peaceful. University administrations not only chose to ignore federal civil rights legislation as they rationalized away these incidents; they also allowed blatant discrimination and violence against an ethno-religious minority. Democracy will not be fully restored in the United States until this discrimination, as well as the campus misuse of the concept of free speech, is acknowledged.
Cheeto and Putin: The Lawless Immoral Evil Axis of Two
So being a Russian agent since the 1980’s and being rewarded with an endless stream of money from Russian oligarchs to keep his bankrupt businesses afloat(https://bit.ly/4188w5B) over the years, Cheeto being the lawless transactional scumbag he is, has decided to return the support to his Russian war criminal counterpart Hey, if you can shamelessly release a convicted three time convicted murderer onto the streets of Orlando, all of the J6 rioters, and an overwhelmingly too many to count convicted felons with pardons, what’s the big deal helping a war criminal extricate himself from a war he started(https://bit.ly/4mOD4Bw)
It’s clear that Putin is getting back his due from Cheeto who is putting together and overseeing a sweetheart “real estate Ukrainian land deal” for his fellow partner in crime while the European leaders watch the slicing and dicing of the sovereign country he invaded, claiming that historically all along it was his to begin with There are those who justify this imperialistic power land grab but who will be next? Azerbaijan, Turkestan, Moldova, Uzbekistan, Tajikstan, Poland, Baltic states? But these aren’t as valuable as eastern Ukraine And who knows, Cheeto and fellow dictator can split up the mineral rights spoils of a war gone horribly wrong
Perhaps you may want to tell us about your favorite cheeps, who helped Putin to gain20% of worldwide supply of uranium in exchange for $138 mln to her/his foundation? You can find details in 2013 NYT articles. Don’t settle for the later, cleaned up versions 🤡😘
I see, I am not the only one bothered by the piece. 20,000 feet view is fine and dandy, but what about details?
“For students and faculty, the first step is to know your rights. The easiest way to lose those rights is to be ignorant of them.”
Great! What are student’s rights? What can they do and how fight when their rights violated?
Being associated with FIRE should make it easy-peasy to right a comprehensive guide for students with concrete example if the impact of fighting back.
At the very least, why not point to resources which can inform students about their rights?
P.S. it’s also amazing that while mentioning foreign influences, the author did not think necessary to mention take over of education by the left, which McCarty-ed the right OUT of education.
This essay really bothered me—not because it is wrong, but because of its omissions. It is absolutely correct that foreign money is corrupting U.S. universities, but the devil is in the details of how foreign money is corrupting our interpretation of academic freedom—often mistaken for First Amendment issues on private campuses. No essay can fully address this subject without noting how protests against Israel were also the locus of harassment, intimidation, and violence against Jews on campus simply because they were Jewish. These incidents were well documented, violated federal law, and were therefore falsely portrayed as peaceful. University administrations not only chose to ignore federal civil rights legislation as they rationalized away these incidents; they also allowed blatant discrimination and violence against an ethno-religious minority. Democracy will not be fully restored in the United States until this discrimination, as well as the campus misuse of the concept of free speech, is acknowledged.
Cheeto and Putin: The Lawless Immoral Evil Axis of Two
So being a Russian agent since the 1980’s and being rewarded with an endless stream of money from Russian oligarchs to keep his bankrupt businesses afloat(https://bit.ly/4188w5B) over the years, Cheeto being the lawless transactional scumbag he is, has decided to return the support to his Russian war criminal counterpart Hey, if you can shamelessly release a convicted three time convicted murderer onto the streets of Orlando, all of the J6 rioters, and an overwhelmingly too many to count convicted felons with pardons, what’s the big deal helping a war criminal extricate himself from a war he started(https://bit.ly/4mOD4Bw)
It’s clear that Putin is getting back his due from Cheeto who is putting together and overseeing a sweetheart “real estate Ukrainian land deal” for his fellow partner in crime while the European leaders watch the slicing and dicing of the sovereign country he invaded, claiming that historically all along it was his to begin with There are those who justify this imperialistic power land grab but who will be next? Azerbaijan, Turkestan, Moldova, Uzbekistan, Tajikstan, Poland, Baltic states? But these aren’t as valuable as eastern Ukraine And who knows, Cheeto and fellow dictator can split up the mineral rights spoils of a war gone horribly wrong
Hmmmm how is this related to the article?
Perhaps you may want to tell us about your favorite cheeps, who helped Putin to gain20% of worldwide supply of uranium in exchange for $138 mln to her/his foundation? You can find details in 2013 NYT articles. Don’t settle for the later, cleaned up versions 🤡😘
I give up who?
I see, I am not the only one bothered by the piece. 20,000 feet view is fine and dandy, but what about details?
“For students and faculty, the first step is to know your rights. The easiest way to lose those rights is to be ignorant of them.”
Great! What are student’s rights? What can they do and how fight when their rights violated?
Being associated with FIRE should make it easy-peasy to right a comprehensive guide for students with concrete example if the impact of fighting back.
At the very least, why not point to resources which can inform students about their rights?
P.S. it’s also amazing that while mentioning foreign influences, the author did not think necessary to mention take over of education by the left, which McCarty-ed the right OUT of education.