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submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by GreyAlien@lemm.ee to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world

Columbia University has capitulated to Trump Administration demands in order to secure federal funding. The major concessions are as follows. 

> Columbia will ban masks on campus during protests.

> The University will hire 36 more on campus police officers.

> The Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies Departments will be placed under Academic Receivership for 5 years, meaning the departments will be run by an outside group while the existing staff will be put under their control.

> The University will adopt a "position of institutional neutrality".

> The University will hire more Jewish academics for its Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies in order to counter balance pro-Palestinian staff.

[-] GreyAlien@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago

Sincerely, good bye…

[-] GreyAlien@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

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[-] GreyAlien@lemm.ee -1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Indeed, it was mostly my first reaction and I should have added more arguments as to why I was thinking this way, I guess the fact that I was answering what I deem a dishonest and low-effort deflection made me react this way.

Though, I did follow up on multiple instances in this comment section about my opinion on the matter and explained it.

Edit: My bad, It wasn’t on this particular post I did not pay enough attention on where I said what. If you are interested in my POV you can find it on my profile.

[-] GreyAlien@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago
  1. I may have used the wrong word but I think you understood what I meant. It’s not an essay, I was displaying the fact that some minority opinions and certain groups of individuals get targeted because they are easy target that helps sway the blame away.

  2. About your second point, I don’t think it’s correct or else we wouldn’t be reading the gloating in the comments I’m targeting.

  3. I am not and will never be a centrist nor a republican, but I will criticize what I deem injustice, bad policies, weak strategies (like ostracizing more of your voter base to make them numb)… etc

[-] GreyAlien@lemm.ee -1 points 1 week ago

May you explain with more clarity what you mean by causes?

[-] GreyAlien@lemm.ee -1 points 1 week ago

Unfortunately it isn’t. When I have some time I call these things out and advocate because I think it’s important that we do not fall into this force feed normalization of cruelty.

[-] GreyAlien@lemm.ee 1 points 2 weeks ago

So the mask comes off. Rather than encouraging the exchange of ideas with people who make the effort of using a language other than their own, you resort to insults…. pathetic.

[-] GreyAlien@lemm.ee -1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I find it deeply disturbing that when I opened the comment section of a post discussing 400 (now over 700) dead people, mostly innocent children, men, and women, in less than 48 hours, the first reaction was to blame "Arabs," "Muslims," "Tankies," "Leftists," and "Pro-Palestinians," using these minority communities as tokens.

This is a glaring display f hypocrisy, these groups are portrayed in a positive light when it benefits politically, only to be thrown under the bus when they are no longer useful…

Any human capable of experiencing empathy would have first reacted with disgust and indignation at the unfolding genocide, rather than resorting to scapegoating and divisive rhetoric, but it may also not be organic comments, what do I know…

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