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Presidents of Harvard, MIT and Penn are on the recent seat after telling Congress they’ve reservations about banning requires Jewish genocide, and the Govt Director of the MIT Free Speech Alliance appears to agree with them.
Peter Bonilla appeared on “TMZ Live” Friday, and he mentioned Liz Magill, the President of Penn, was mistaken to stroll again her place and recommend censorship was applicable when it got here to calling for Jewish genocide.
A Video Message from President Liz Magill pic.twitter.com/GlPE3QZU4P
— Penn (@Penn) December 6, 2023
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Bonilla says it opens the door to all kinds of censorship. Harvey then posed a hypothetical query … what if college students who had been members of the KKK protested with burning crosses and referred to as for the genocide of Black individuals? Bonilla mentioned that is a distinct state of affairs, and they need to be banned and/or disciplined.
The query … what is the distinction? Bonilla talks in regards to the truth there’s harmful historical past with the KKK, however Harvey notes there’s additionally historical past with Jews.
The Congressional testimony has triggered a firestorm of controversy, with some calling for the resignation of the three college presidents, and a few main donors have threatened to tug their donations except the presidents are gone.
