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Re:Harvard's response to federal government letter demanding... by AlexandrB on Monday April 14, 2025 @03:44PM (#43685431)
> Can you imagine if Obama had demanded that any university do an ideological purge of its conservative staff and students?

Obama didn't need to demand it, the Universities went ahead and did it on their own.

https://unsafescience.substack.com/p/the-last-four-years-wer...

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Re:Harvard's response to federal government letter demanding... by wnoise on Monday April 14, 2025 @04:08PM (#43685747)
So not a comparable situation.

In this intra-elite competition, the previous winners might deserve to lose. The current regime and its allies absolutely cannot be allowed to be winners.

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