These five min of questioning of Columbia admin by @Ilhan brilliantly flipped the script on an otherwise deeply bleak & Orwellian GOP-led show trial — which was not aimed at protecting Jews but on ramping up repression of campus activism & attacking academic freedom.
These five min of questioning of Columbia admin by @Ilhan brilliantly flipped the script on an otherwise deeply bleak & Orwellian GOP-led show trial — which was not aimed at protecting Jews but on ramping up repression of campus activism & attacking academic freedom.
@simonerzim @Ilhan I don't understand your tweet. The way to protect people from abhorrent ideas is to repress speech & limit activism. Imagine if we allowed people who were claiming the KKK & Nazis were great organizations and should be copied to flourish on campuses. That would be racist right?
@simonerzim @mehdirhasan @Ilhan Imagine a scenario where this woman and her fierce colleagues were not present. One of those days when you can imagine how things could obviously be worse off.
@simonerzim @Ilhan Yes, but people shouldn’t mistake her or any other politician as an authentic advocate for Palestinians or anyone else. She’s there to calm public anger, not enact any meaningful change. A rotating “hero,” as with rotating villains.
@simonerzim @Ilhan She wants to say ‘but…’ except she is trapped like the other University presidents-she has to be careful what she says. Except this time we learn what is true that these protests aren’t against Jewish people. Jewish students are probably going to be arrested tonight at them
@simonerzim @Ilhan Yes, Omar was brilliant in her questioning.
@simonerzim @Ilhan There’s a reason @simonerzim cut the clip off when convenient x.com/chanukahz/stat…
@simonerzim @Ilhan There’s a reason @simonerzim cut the clip off when convenient x.com/chanukahz/stat…
@simonerzim @Ilhan Not brilliant at all. This is what immediately followed her attempt to “flip the script” (eg gaslight):