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@JeffreyASachs
Aug 28, 2019 • 7 tweets • 3 min read • Read on X
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The Klinzman story out of Kirkwood Community College just keeps looking worse and worse. The president clearly screwed up and is going to have to cough up a settlement as a result. But I want to focus in particular on this little tidbit.

thegazette.com/subject/news/e…
We already knew that a local GOP congressional candidate had publicly called for Klinzman's scalp. Similar comments were made by the chair of the Iowa Republican Party.

facebook.com/kaufmannGOP/po…

Now it turns out that other local politicians were putting pressure on Kirkwood Community College as well.

This is a problem, and it's a problem that we see a lot but (oddly) rarely ever talk about when we have conversations about campus free speech.

That's why recent commentary on the Kirkwood case has been a little frustrating. For example, I liked and appreciated this piece by @robbysoave, but attributing Kirkwood's behavior to safe-space culture misses the point.

reason.com/2019/08/26/ant…
@robbysoave There are many threats to campus free speech out there. One of them -- a big one -- is local Republican politicians. It's just a fact. Republicans do it more than Democrats. Anyone who's paying attention to the issue will agree.
@robbysoave Now, I'm sure that a BIG part of the reason why is that, since campuses are already so liberal, much of the speech that takes place there doesn't anger Democrats. When that's not the case, Dems can be just as censorious. Nobody looks good here.
@robbysoave But if you're talking about campus free speech and you're not also talking about the role of local Republican politicians, I think you're missing a huge part of the story.

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An Israeli dance prof is suing UC Berekley for allegedly discriminating against her on the basis of her nationality. Having taught at the dance department before, she was encouraged in the summer 2023 to apply for renewal.

This is what the chair said a few months later. Image
It's not just the chair's cowardice that's so striking. It's the hey-I'm-real-sorry-but-in-a-way-I'm-doing-you-a-favor level of stupidity that really stands out to me. YOU'RE BREAKING THE LAW!
The settlement is going to be insane.
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There is absolutely nothing wrong with Jews (or any other minority ethno-cultural group) wanting to discourage intermarriage and assimilation. It’s about cultural survival. Passing on something you feel has value.
By the way, this is something that critics of cultural appropriation should be able to immediately appreciate.
The harm in assimilation is obvious. The culture, which I value, is lost. Intermarriage is fine in itself, but tends to make assimilation much more likely. I’m a child of intermarriage myself, as is my kid. Love conquers all! But it can make other goals much more difficult.
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Feb 23, 2025
It’s gotta be said: much of the Jewish response to the Bibas family is flat-out insane. Genocidal, psychopathic, murderous, cruel, and out-of-control. And not just from the usual precincts of Jtwitter, either. It’s everywhere.

Stop. Step back from the Kahanism.
I logged on after Shabbat and found nothing but bloodlust. Dressed in a rueful “they forced us into this” fatalism, of course, but you could sense the eagerness. It’s understandable but still inhuman.
Obviously plenty of pro-Palestinian accounts are vomiting up their own brand of bile. Psychopaths like Saeed, Kiswani, El-Kurd. But I expect that sort of shit from them. They have precisely one rhetorical speed and we can all see how successful THAT’S proven to be.
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Jan 13, 2025
Angry about Katherine Franke's "retirement"? Good, you should be. But if people are serious about stopping something like this from happening again, they need to get serious about the cause. Because the precedent was set loooong ago.

A big-ish 🧵 Image
In fact, all of the tools now being used against pro-Palestine faculty (the DEI apparatus, Title VI complaints, collegiality discourse) were developed years ago to quash speech opposed by the left. And I have receipts to prove it.

Here's your imperial boomerang, folks. 2/
This prof worries about DEI being weaponized as a tool of repression. Buddy, that die was cast years ago. In fact, I'd wager that the use of DEI as a weapon is *less* effective now than it was five years ago. It's just that the target has (partially) changed. 3/ Image
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🚨The IHRA definition of antisemitism, if adopted and enforced by public universities, is unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination. So says a federal judge in Texas. A terrific (if, for reasons I'll explain in a second, somewhat inconclusive) decision.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…Image
Here's the gist. Last March after a series of protests by SJP and related groups on college campuses, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed GA-44, an executive order requiring public colleges and universities to prohibit and punish antisemitic speech.
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To define antisemitic speech, TX higher ed was told to use the IHRA definition and its attendant examples, which the legislature adopted in 2016. At the time, it was framed as simply a diagnostic tool for spotting antisemitic speech in the state.
statutes.capitol.texas.gov/docs/GV/htm/GV…Image
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I've gotten accused of being snarky and self-righteous lately, which tbf is probably warranted. So let me try this one with some sincerity: Everyone upset about the Muhlenberg should acknowledge the long line of tenured faculty fired for protected speech after leftwing outrage.
I'm talking about people like Charles Negy, who was fired after sending out these tweets.
foxnews.com/media/central-…Image
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Or Tim Boudreau, who was fired for using the n-word in class *as part of a lesson on language, journalism, and the law.* He also was tenured.
mlive.com/news/saginaw-b…
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