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Oct 3, 2021 • 8 tweets • 10 min read • Read on X
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1/n So, what do I think, as a non-expert, son to holocaust survivors, about @VPrasadMDMPH's article, claiming #COVID19 restrictions could be used as blueprint for a future totalitarian regime, his analogy to Hitler's rise in Germany. @GYamey says it better
2/n Frankly, not much. My approach is, if you want to understand threats to democracy go to experts (I am not, @VPrasadMDMPH is DEFINITELY NOT) there are really good books, like @TimothyDSnyder's #OnTyranny. Check out this clip
3/n If you want to understand the road to Fascism, go to the experts like @jasonintrator (@VPrasadMDMPH is REALLY NOT an expert). Listen to this interview to understand real threats. Read @jasonintrator's book #HowFascismWorks. penguinrandomhouse.com/books/586030/h…
4/n Not to forget. Profs @dziblatt and #NotOnTwitter Levitsky wrote #HowDemocraciesDies in 2018. Highly recommended. Strange that @VPrasadMDMPH borrowed the sound of this title in his headline, but never mentioned it. Distinguish threat from hyperbole amazon.com/How-Democracie…
5/n Of course, if you know me, I always go back to Hannah Arendt, so if you want to understand the origins of Totalitarianism, you do not bother with hyperbole or writings of #NonExperts like @VPrasadMDMPH. Simply read #TheOriginsOfTotalitarianism textbooks.com/Origins-of-Tot…
6/n Don't forget (this is not ad-hominem @VPrasadMDMPH, but a simple truth) the claim that public health measures promote tyranny is key to the attack by those who wish to undermine democracy, support authoritarians @PeterHotez said it better
7/n As a Jew, son to holocaust survivors, student of Europe between Hitler & Stalin (h/t @TimothyDSnyder), I always see a bigger threat in those that accept death/disease among the poor & old, than in those that protect them. But I accept @GYamey's call & will not go there. Fin.
@VPrasadMDMPH There are additional really helpful, enlightning Books, I neglected during the initial thread. I recommend @ruthbenghiat's 'StrongMan', everything by @mashagessen , especially #SurvivingAutocracy (and no @VPrasadMDMPH is NOT an expert)

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Over 100 Yale faculty released a public letter to the future president of @Yale urging a steadfast commitment to academic freedoms, diversity, and progress.
In this 🧵 I outline the main points:
#YaleFuture
#LetterToNextYalePresident
letter is here docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…
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Reject attacks that aim to undermine Yale’s mission and belittle importance of work on topics previously ignored, such as race, sexuality, gender, social & environmental justice, and civil & human rights.
#DefendAcademia
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Recognize that critical thought and free speech on campus require structural support and protection With political pressures mounting, Yale has to stand for the protection of academic independence and freedoms. #FreeSpeach #LetterToNextPresident docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…
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Princeton President Christopher Eisgruber's "State of the University Letter" is a superb call for action against "virulent threats to academic freedom and institutional autonomy" saying #WeMustSpeakUp.
I agree!
see 🧵below
Full letter
#ThisIsOurLane princeton.edu/sites/default/…
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After discussing briefly the turbulence of the last 3 months on US campuses, Eisgruber says it as it is: The outrage about antisemitism was used to attack progress in diversity, inclusion, and equity in US Universities.
I agree ( )
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On Excellence.
Eisgruber reminds that the 'Good Old days' sucked academically.
The "Good Old Days" were days of exclusion.
of women. of blacks. of Jews. of poor. of LGBTQ+.
Those who speak fondly of those days, speak fondly of exclusion.
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I'm completely NOT on the manufactured rage bandwagon re the statements of MIT, Harvard, & Penn Presidents. In part because I actually heard their full testimony, but in part because I know what they did and what they did not do. Before you attack me read my 🧵 to the end 👇🏼
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- They also did not bomb Gaza or kill thousands of Palestinian children & innocent adults
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- The University Presidents did not ignore intelligence on a potential Hamas attack on southern Israel, or transfer Israeli military units from Southern Israel to support settlers' pogroms.
- The University Presidents did not perform terror attacks against Jews anywhere
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Attn @PresidentATS @CHESTPrez, @SCCMPresident - societies that hold conferences in states unsafe for women, LGBTQ, minorities, will lose them.
This👇🏼is already happening!
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 When I posted my 11 tweets about going to national/international conferences in locations that have draconian #AbortionBans, I thought this was temporary, that societies, while having past commitments, will recognize this as an issue and change future locations. I was wrong
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 Societies keep scheduling #ConferencLocations with draconian #AbortionBans, anti #LGBTQ laws, as @GordonConf does. Even beloved @atscommunity plans to. This is putting members at a bind: To go & risk moral or physical injury or to not go & risk your career
#NotFair
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Feb 10, 2023
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This is a 🧵about events that happened 40 years ago in Israel.
I was a freshman student at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem & attended a demonstration.
The demonstration ended with the murder of Emil Grunzweig, an Israeli teacher & peace activist. #RememberEmil
2/n The demonstration was against Israel’s criminal war on Lebanon, requesting accountability for those responsible for the Sabra & Shatila Massacre. We gathered in Jerusalem’s city center, marched with torches to hold a vigil near the Prime Minister's Office
#RememberEmil
3/n Our march encountered violent Rt wing counterprotests. I still remember the hateful faces, the spitting, the friends who got beaten, I also remember the “It’s a pity Hitler did not finish the work” Shouts. These were Jews shouting. I will never forget that.
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FINALLY OUT! "Airway basal cells show a dedifferentiated KRT17⬆️ Phenotype & promote fibrosis in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis"
In the following 🧵I explain some of the key findings of this Herculean work and why I'm so excited
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