slane
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Reg: 02-09-05
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12-10-23 01:24 AM - Post#360378
In response to Streamers
Penn is not “institutionally” antisemitic. Unfortunately, however, this administration has allowed an environmental moment that is hostile to Jews. Inviting a person to speak at Penn (on the eve of Yom Kippur) who has been known to parade around on stage dressed as a Nazi creates a hostile environment. More to the point, you should compare the statements made by Liz and by the President of Drexel in response to last Sunday’s March through University City.
Now think about what Penn’s administrative response would be to a speaker who at a rally in front of Van Pelt said that any African Americans who believe that George Floyd was killed by Derek Chauvin rather than dying of a fentanyl overdose should “go back to Africa.”
How would that be different than saying that any Jews who don’t believe that Israel must be eradicated should “go back to Berlin where they came from”?
I hope you would agree that the first example should not be tolerated. The second (which actually happened) was. There is a difference between civil discourse, and acts specifically intended to create a hostile environment.
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