To demand that universities take an institutional stand on issues of the day is to misunderstand their role.

By Eliot A. Cohen

This year, the protests have taken an uglier turn, as encampments have sprouted up. The demonstrators—most of them students, many not, often masked—are calling for divestment by their universities from companies based in or doing business with Israel. Some of the protesters see this goal as an interim step toward the destruction of the state of Israel.

Incredibly cowardly opening paragraph

Ctrl+f “genocide” 0/0 results thonk hmmmmm

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    2 months ago

    I always goggle these authors when they have dogshit opinions like this. If they’re over 40, adults well before internet became integrated into life fully, there’s like 90% chance they’re a dipshit Zionist with extremely reactionary opinions towards “young” (anyway under 40) people and Arabs, broadly speaking.

    This is biographical from the first line in his wiki entry:

    Eliot Asher Cohen (born April 3, 1956, in [Boston, Massachusetts] is an American [political scientist]. He was a counselor in the [United States Department of State] under [Condoleezza Rice] from 2007 to 2009.

    Boomer ✅ Masshole ✅ Worked for the FUCKING BUSH ADMIN ✅

    This guy is 1000% disqualified from having a valid opinion on anything in the MENA region, especially Israel related.