Posted on 12/11/2023 2:20:20 PM PST by Olog-hai
Former Vice President Al Gore condemned the leadership of Harvard President Claudine Gay for her “tone-deafness” during last week’s congressional testimony on antisemitism.
Gore said he was “shocked” by the comments of his alma mater’s leadership, who testified that calling for the genocide of Jews would not constitute harassment, during an appearance on CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday.
“The presidents of Harvard, Penn, and MIT were before Congress this past week, and they were asked whether or not it — explicitly calling for the genocide of Jews on their campus would constitute harassment, and they seemed to struggle with that, although the presidents of Penn and Harvard issued clarifying statements,” CNN anchor Jake Tapper asked Gore. “I was wondering what your reaction to it, as somebody who has been a strong supporter of the Jewish community, a strong supporter of Israel, and also, as I noted, a proud Harvard alum.”
“Well, I was shocked by the tone-deafness of those comments,” Gore said in response. “And I think they got bad legal advice in putting together what they were going to say … they certainly do need to clarify that.” …
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Harvard dolt Al Gore...
Attaboy, Al....way to take a stand now that he knows which way the political winds are blowing.
Apparently he graduated with honors in 69.
Pusey was indeed an Episcopalian. But there were many Jews at Harvard—students and faculty. And no visible antisemites.
Since when do you need “Legal Advice” to condemn genocide, gang rape, murder, mutilation, and beheading and burning of children?
seems that claudine gay is giving algore a run for his money in the arena of tonedeafness.
The leftists there are naturally antisemitic. And we had the SDS harassing Pusey the same year Gore graduated.
Leftists who are Jewish are either self-hating or deliberately ignorant. The leadership of the left certainly thrives on ignorance.
The pro-Israel shtick from the Democrats has breaking down since the Clinton Administration. The anti-Israel stance was festering beneath the surface until it came to a head on 10/7/23.
They needed a lawyer to teach them how to not condemn antisemitism?
Gore got into Harvard? Bwahahahahaha.
Gore actually got a degree from there? A real degree? Hell no. We can only imagine the vapidness of the courses that he took - and passed. Ah, the name of Lexus. The quality of Yugo.
You know what this is about right? This is “academia” who have made pretzel logic.
In their hearts of hearts they believe that Israel doesn’t have a right to exist. They believe the false narrative that it is a colonial enterprise built on land stolen from an indigenous people. Never mind that it isn’t true. Never mind that whatever wrongs were committed in the 1930s and 1940s have nothing to do with the generations of Israelis who live there now. Never mind that the Jews were there for millenia, and also suffered mass casualties throughout history right there on that land, even in the 1920s, 30s and 40s. Nevermind that it was the Jews and Israel who built up that land and made it prosperous for all who live on it, including the many immigrants (many from Arab lands) who came in after the Ottomans fell. These academics just “believe” Israel is inherently, existentially in the wrong as a Jewish homeland.
But they also know that “genocide” doesn’t just mean “mass murder”. Driving people off their own land is genocide, by definition.
So they have to hem and haw to hide their true feelings and talk about “context”. Because in the context of destroying Israel as a Jewish homeland, they support it. It’s not that they favor mass murder of Jews - they just support genocide in the sense that they think the Jews should leave Israel.
Ever read the full UN General Assembly Resolution #3379? They made several twists and turns equating Zionism with the apartheid of South Africa of the day (and gave credence to the lies of the so-called Non-Aligned Countries who called Zionism a “racist and imperialist ideology”), concluding that Zionism was “a form of racism and racial discrimination”. Today’s antisemites are the offspring of the monsters of 1975.
Yes, the the SDS and other antiwar students harassed Pusey and forced him to resign. (Pusey did a lot to boost Lutherans at Harvard—I was a Lutheran back in the day, and am now Orthodox.)
The leftists before recent days were NOT antisemitic. Many were Jewish, and some of them were unfortunately anti-Christian.
Nowadays, with “DEI”, Harvard is full of antisemites who are also anti-Christian. Nowadays, Jews and Christians need to ally ourselves against muslim extremists and feckless Gen Z antisemites, for our own protection!!
I was going to say the same. It would have meant something had he spoken like this on the day of those 3 Ivy League poseurs comments to Congress last week. But after a week, of nearly unanimous condemnation, taking such a 'bold stance' is pretty pathetic.
At least its something, but hardly the profiles in courage moment that they are trying to describe it.
Being anti-Christian has more to do with being a leftist than being descended from the tribe of Judah. Leftism is based on atheism, so any leftists who are descended from Judah are self haters.
...shocked by the tone-deafness of those comments..
I am shocked AlGore is shocked
I am more concerned Harvard is full of Racist’s and bigot
I read "condemned" as "commended", probably because I thought that was a more likely comment.
Harvard’s website is confusing as to what’s required for the BA in government, but it is not likely the hardest courses at all.
That’s what a diversity hire gets you
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