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Sort of a "Yes, but..." answer.
Not long ago the Harvard student newspaper took the mainstream media to task for revealing Harvard's president had plagiarized her "research." Predictably, they suggested this was because a black woman can't get a fair shake. (Apparently being hired and promoted on reed-thin credentials does not count as a fair shake, but I digress.)
The Harvard paper almost got it right, in fact. They missed only one point---not their fault, really. Indoctrination serves as a poor substitute for reasoning, and the post-modern emotional throttle only has two positions: Gushy Fawning and Full Outrage. The point missed? The "revelations" about Harvard's president came in record setting short-order after she criticized Israel for their response to Hamas' attacks. Which suggests 1) that no one had to dig to find the plagiarism. It had been discovered and filed as "Forgotten" during the vetting process for promoting her to professorship and/or presidency; 2) that the president is the victim of racism. To wit, racism directed against those who criticize the Chosen People. Call this the 11th. Commandment of American civic religion.
One addendum: Claudine Gay, the erstwhile president, keeps her faculty position. Which isn't exactly a lynch mob, I must aver and allow.
Not long ago the Harvard student newspaper took the mainstream media to task for revealing Harvard's president had plagiarized her "research." Predictably, they suggested this was because a black woman can't get a fair shake. (Apparently being hired and promoted on reed-thin credentials does not count as a fair shake, but I digress.)
The Harvard paper almost got it right, in fact. They missed only one point---not their fault, really. Indoctrination serves as a poor substitute for reasoning, and the post-modern emotional throttle only has two positions: Gushy Fawning and Full Outrage. The point missed? The "revelations" about Harvard's president came in record setting short-order after she criticized Israel for their response to Hamas' attacks. Which suggests 1) that no one had to dig to find the plagiarism. It had been discovered and filed as "Forgotten" during the vetting process for promoting her to professorship and/or presidency; 2) that the president is the victim of racism. To wit, racism directed against those who criticize the Chosen People. Call this the 11th. Commandment of American civic religion.
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One addendum: Claudine Gay, the erstwhile president, keeps her faculty position. Which isn't exactly a lynch mob, I must aver and allow.
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