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Re:Trump administration halts Harvard's ability to enroll in... by scandox on Thursday May 22, 2025 @05:36PM (#44067366)
Your hatred is clouding your judgement. It is very clear that the issue of the protests is being used by an American government to pursue a much broader agenda. Israel and antisemitism are merely the most convenient instrument. But since you are trapped in (charitably) a prejudicial mind bubble you can only see this as further proof of a tiny group of people somehow controlling everything...
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Re:Trump administration halts Harvard's ability to enroll in... by JohnMakin on Thursday May 22, 2025 @05:41PM (#44067421)
Protesting the actions of the Israeli government is not anti-semitic.
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Re:Trump administration halts Harvard's ability to enroll in... by scandox on Thursday May 22, 2025 @06:13PM (#44067723)
I didn't say he was antisemitic.
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Re:Trump administration halts Harvard's ability to enroll in... by JohnMakin on Thursday May 22, 2025 @06:20PM (#44067781)
I didn't say you said he was. But you did say:

> It is very clear that the issue of the protests is being used by an American government to pursue a much broader agenda. Israel and antisemitism are merely the most convenient instrument.

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Re:Trump administration halts Harvard's ability to enroll in... by goatlover on Thursday May 22, 2025 @05:47PM (#44067468)
There's nothing antisemitc about criticizing Netanyahu's government. I was a big supporter of Israel's right to take the fight to Hamas for a while after Oct 7th, but then it just kept going and going until it became inhumane. At some point it becomes about punishing Gazans just for living there. That's incredibly disproportionate.

At any rate, American students should have the right to protest anything. Free speech and what have you.

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Re:Trump administration halts Harvard's ability to enroll in... by ImPostingOnHN on Thursday May 22, 2025 @05:45PM (#44067448)
you make a good point regarding pretexts employed with ulterior aims

also, I can think of some more charitable ways to engage with the message in question than to dismiss it with unsubstantiated claims that the messenger is 'trapped in a prejudicial mind bubble', and I bet you are smart and can, too

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Re:Trump administration halts Harvard's ability to enroll in... by nashashmi on Thursday May 22, 2025 @05:43PM (#44067436)
You are right that Trump is using the protests to further his agenda! And some are scolding him for doing that!

They want him to only focus on the anti Israel protests instead of also pursuing anti woke policies.

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