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Muslim activist critical of Israel is cheered at graduation [Sarsour at CUNY]
Associated Press ^
| Jun 1, 2017 8:11 PM EDT
| Deepti Hajela
Posted on 06/01/2017 9:47:13 PM PDT by Olog-hai
A Muslim-American activist whose role as a commencement speaker had come under protest from critics opposing her stance on Israel was given a standing ovation by graduating students Thursday after she told them they must commit to demanding change.
“We in this room together must commit to never being bystanders to poverty, lack of jobs and health care,” Linda Sarsour told graduates of the City University of New York’s Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy.
Critics of Sarsour who don’t like her views on Israel had spoken out against her being the keynote, but the school administration stood behind the decision, with the dean saying it was important to listen respectfully to differing ideas.
“Freedom of speech is only relevant when you are respectfully listening to ideas that challenge your own,” Dean Ayman El-Mohandes said. “Otherwise, what’s the point?” …
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TOPICS: Education; Local News
KEYWORDS: antisemitism; cuny; rop; sarsour
A Muslim dean at CUNY defends a radical Muslim hatemonger.
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posted on
06/01/2017 9:47:13 PM PDT
by
Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
it was important to listen respectfully to differing ideasMy bet is they do not allow differing ideas.
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posted on
06/01/2017 9:51:05 PM PDT
by
Jeff Chandler
(Everywhere is freaks and hairies Dykes and fairies Tell me where is sanity?)
To: Olog-hai
“Freedom of speech is only relevant when you are respectfully listening to ideas that challenge your own,” Dean Ayman El-Mohandes said.
Yeah, nice, except it is nearly impossible for any non-left voices to get any hearing at all on most campuses. CUNY is one of the worst. They are all lying hypocrites.
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posted on
06/01/2017 10:04:20 PM PDT
by
Enchante
(Searching throughout the country for one honest Democrat....)
To: Olog-hai
And this kind of disgusting krap is allowed in NYC of all places, too
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posted on
06/01/2017 10:29:29 PM PDT
by
faithhopecharity
("Politicans are not born, they're excreted." -- Marcus Tillius Cicero)
To: Olog-hai
Hating whitey. Hating Jews. A-OKAY in today’s PC world.
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posted on
06/01/2017 10:52:15 PM PDT
by
Organic Panic
(Flinging poo is not a valid argument)
To: Olog-hai
“We in this room together must commit to never being bystanders to poverty, lack of jobs and health care,”
Support Trump!
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posted on
06/01/2017 11:17:49 PM PDT
by
dasboot
(Nuanced foreign relations is the germ of international misunderstanding.)
To: Olog-hai
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posted on
06/02/2017 12:26:09 AM PDT
by
GraceG
("It's better to have all the Right Enemies, that it is to have all the Wrong Friends.")
To: Olog-hai
Critics of Sarsour who don’t like her views on Israel had spoken out against her being the keynote, but the school administration stood behind the decision, with the dean saying it was important to listen respectfully to differing ideas. Those who hate America, hate freedom, and hate Jews are always granted this courtesy. Those who love freedom? We get threatened with riots, and the violence happens if we don't run away. Liberals are evil thugs, and I am disgusted by them.
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posted on
06/02/2017 1:37:47 AM PDT
by
Pollster1
("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
To: Olog-hai
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posted on
06/02/2017 3:40:29 AM PDT
by
knarf
To: Olog-hai
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