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Columbia University refuses to condemn professor who called Hamas attack ‘awesome’
NY Post ^ | 10/17/2023 | Desheania Andrews, Chris Nesi, Reuven Fenton and Alex Oliveira

Posted on 10/17/2023 7:09:31 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

Columbia University has refused to comment on the growing furor over a tenured professor who called Hamas’ terror attacks against Israel “awesome” — as a petition calling for his ouster gained more than 45,000 signatures.

Professor of politics and history Joseph Massad was accused of “condoning and supporting terrorism” in a Change.org petition created by 23-year-old student Maya Platek.

The teacher called Hamas’ attacks on Israel a “stunning victory” in an article he published on The Electronic Intifada a day after the conflict ignited.

“Regardless of one’s stance on the conflict, supporting and praising one of the worst acts of terrorism in history is never acceptable,” the petition reads.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: antisemitism; columbia; condmen; defundcolumbia; domesticterrorism; hamas; josephmassad; professor
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To: Gnome1949
This is not “free speech.” This is a crime.

Citation needed.

21 posted on 10/17/2023 9:26:38 AM PDT by thegagline (Sic semper tyrannis! Goldwater in 2024)
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To: Reily

No one has to give to Columbia.


22 posted on 10/17/2023 10:07:50 AM PDT by ActresponsiblyinVA
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To: Reily

It can be as stupid as its trustees & alumni allow it to be.

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No Sir. It can be as stupid as it’s needs for donations will allow. Trustees and alumni are irrelevant to financial NEED.

As far as many are concerned, they should close the school, vacate all buildings, bulldoze them to the ground and sell the property. Then charge the bulldozers and clean up to the schools endowment administrator or whatever is left of it after EXPENSES.


23 posted on 10/17/2023 10:57:06 AM PDT by Cen-Tejas
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To: ChicagoConservative27

“Columbia University refuses to condemn professor who called Hamas attack ‘awesome’”

hopefully, their alumni donations will quickly dwindle to zero as a result ...


24 posted on 10/17/2023 10:57:59 AM PDT by catnipman (A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil)
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To: ActresponsiblyinVA

Never said anyone did. They are private.
However, if some non-alumni want to, I am sure they will take the money. Why would any non-alumni want to (unless you’re an antisemite!), especially now.


25 posted on 10/17/2023 11:06:03 AM PDT by Reily (!!)
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To: Cen-Tejas

That’s implied in the sentence.

It’s a private school, private property again they can be as stupid & as obnoxious as they want to be as long as the money holds out. This is not their only egregious ant-civilization example. I think Saul & Alinsky were profs there and as Alan Dershowitz pointed out they were supportive of the Nazi pre-WWII.

Lest anyone think I am defending what they said. I am not! I am defending free speech and private property. It’s a problem for their trustees & alumni!


26 posted on 10/17/2023 11:13:37 AM PDT by Reily (!!)
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To: ActresponsiblyinVA

“No one has to give to Columbia”

True. But, this is in every university in this country. With only a handful of exceptions.


27 posted on 10/17/2023 3:54:19 PM PDT by Gary from Dayton (Scary unvaccinated American )
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