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Re:Neri Oxman reportedly plagiarized undergrad thesis of stu... by infamouscow on Wednesday January 17, 2024 @03:29PM (#39033010)
People focusing on the hypocrisy unfolding really are missing the bigger picture.

Forcing the president of Harvard to resign, after she doubled-down, is a massive blow to woke social justice lunatics and their idealogical agenda. Not only did it happen to the most untouchable person in the university system, it happened publicly.

The idiots talking about Neri's alleged plagiarism are pissing into the wind, completely oblivious to the storm on the horizon.

Re:Neri Oxman reportedly plagiarized undergrad thesis of stu... by lukev on Wednesday January 17, 2024 @03:54PM (#39033305)
So you're admitting this has nothing to do with actual concerns about academic integrity, and instead is about an "oncoming storm" to purge woke social justice lunatics?

Sounds about right. Glad you have no "agenda" though.

Re:Neri Oxman reportedly plagiarized undergrad thesis of stu... by infamouscow on Wednesday January 17, 2024 @06:53PM (#39035381)
When the Greek soldiers emerged from the Trojan Horse, declaring 'this isn't a gift' would be a monumental understatement. Continuing to dwell on such an observation is akin to debating the quality of the woodwork while the city falls around you.

It's a distraction, and frankly, it's preferable to keep it that way. Better to have the enemy class lost in trivialities than rallying to mount a defense.

Re:Neri Oxman reportedly plagiarized undergrad thesis of stu... by jrflowers on Wednesday January 17, 2024 @07:45PM (#39035896)
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/01/03/christophe...

There’s a sort of nazi propagandist that just openly tweets out his plans to bamboozle people into supporting his agenda. When it works out he gets interviewed and praised. We’re way, way, way past good faith on a lot of issues

Re:Neri Oxman reportedly plagiarized undergrad thesis of stu... by eureka-belief on Friday January 19, 2024 @11:29AM (#39057289)
Yikes what this guy is basically admitting to is using astroturfed cancel culture tactics to make power plays in American politics.
Re:Neri Oxman reportedly plagiarized undergrad thesis of stu... by jrflowers on Friday January 19, 2024 @03:42PM (#39060851)
He’s very popular and the Harvard stuff is just the latest. He’s openly on Twitter chronicled his project of getting people to lump every bit of political correctness that they find irritating under the umbrella of “critical race theory”, and then once he succeeded at that pivoted to doing the same thing for DEI.

Funnily enough, as an aside, I can’t imagine an easier place to propagate his sort of nonsense than a large, highly visible discussion forum that codifies assuming good faith into the rules and makes it explicitly against the rules to point out astroturfing, even if it’s obvious. Any platform that prides itself on an outdated idea of neutrality is easily weaponized by these bad actors.

Re:Neri Oxman reportedly plagiarized undergrad thesis of stu... by SomeoneFromCA on Wednesday January 17, 2024 @03:34PM (#39033064)
We all know why president of Harward was resigned, but we are not allow to say this loud. Hint: something-something latest war.
Re:Neri Oxman reportedly plagiarized undergrad thesis of stu... by gremlinunderway on Wednesday January 17, 2024 @06:58PM (#39035433)
uh huh, so are these so-called "woke social justice lunatics" you talk about in the room with you right now?