This is just like when Palantir announced it was setting aside 180 jobs for Jews only, and Ben Shapiro and Bari Weiss both applauded (Shapiro backtracked after his followers attacked him).
What happened to the vehement opposition to group-based benefits and privileges???
Absolutely bizarre how so many of these people spent years mocking and heaping scorn on any attempt by any minority group to claim oppression and the need for special protections.
Suddenly, they decided that one, and only one, group is sufficiently persecuted: American Jews.
Anyone who actually got persuaded that Bill Ackman is really interested in eliminating DEI and various censorship programs -- rather than *expanding* it to include and protect the groups and causes he most values -- is in for a big surprise.
What DeSantis just did is one of the most flagrant and obvious acts of extreme hypocrisy imaginable.
We're about to start our show on the conservative willingness to abandon professed principles for Israel. Perfect example:
DeSantis, stalwart enemy of DEI, censorship and the "woke mind virus":
* Signed a hate speech law - while in Israel - governing Americans' rights
* Banned a pro-Palestinian group from Florida's universities, which @TheFIREorg said was a grave free speech assault;
* Now this:
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