This is the second most anti-colonial thing #Israel ever did.

The long overdue response to the largest ballistic missile and drone attacks in world military history, both launched by #Iran against Israel on April 13, 2024 and October 1, 2024, is now underway.

Good news for #Ukraine, bad news for #Russia who depends upon Iran for drone production. Bad news for #China who depends on cheap Iranian oil.

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Earlier I made a logical proposition about Affirmative Action and EP clause by challenging you to interpret EP clause to forbid racial profiling in policing, but to allow AA.

Now I will get into opinion. In my opinion, the decision to overturn Shelby and section 4 of VRA was totally wrong and unconstitutional.

Does that mean I’m picking and choosing, or does it mean I’m reading the constitution which belongs to We The People and making a best effort to interpret it?

@Bam EP clause says simply that government entities can’t discriminate on the basis of a protected class.

It is impossible to defend Affirmative Action at public universities in a way that would be consistent with the impermissibility of, for example, racial profiling in policing, something which I also oppose as unconstitutional.

VRA is a good counter example and a good analogy to Harvard. The 14th amendment empowers federal government to constrain bigoted & uncooperative state institutions.

@Bam Deciding that you’re right, I’m wrong and you’ll never change your mind doesn’t mean that you aren’t saying things that are easily disproven. So that’s the answer to “why engage?”

In your 3 post thread you didn’t mention Equal Protection Clause (Section 1 of the 14th amendment, same place we find birthright citizenship) even once.

You are right, 14th amendment empowered Reconstruction and beyond, but it does not void rest of the Constitution.

Glad we agree that Harvard violated the law.

@Bam Right, and that’s an important and fascinating part of the 14th amendment but the part of the constitution that forbids affirmative action is also in the 14th amendment and it’s called the Equal Protection Clause. It says you have to treat everyone the same.

The Constitution also empowers Congress to tax, but they still can’t have different tax rates for different protected classes, for example.

Siding with Harvard after thousands of civil rights violations against Jews is just insane.

@Bam Universities are not obligated by law to protect Jews equally, and the executive branch is not obligated to enforce the law, because: ???

A system of explicit racial preference created for a benign or even a noble purpose, is not forbidden by the US Constitution, because: ???

@Bam Equal protection is the law though, and the law should be implemented, right? I do not have the 3d chess ability to deduce that applying a law which protects Jews and other groups is somehow antisemitic.

That would be like saying charging the Boulder terrorist with a hate crime is somehow antisemitic and using us a scapegoat. I’m sorry, that’s ridiculous. Old world thinking.

Affirmative action was utterly indefensible. Racial preferences are unconstitutional. Punishing merit is bad.

@Bam You’re wayyy misinterpreting.

The Boulder terrorist attack targeted American citizens who happen to be Jews.

The terrorist was an illegal immigrant (here courtesy of Biden) who overstayed his visa.

It is rational to restrict immigration from for example Afghanistan which is now run by the Taliban who are partially responsible for something you might have heard of called 9/11.

A terrorist attack against American citizens was a wake up call. Making it all about Jews is old world thinking.

@MikeImBack @QasimRashid Yes, the Boulder terrorist was an illegal immigrant who overstayed his visa. His entire family was also here illegally. Look it up if you don’t believe me.

In America we have these things called “laws.”

@QasimRashid The Boulder terrorist was an illegal immigrant and was here as a result of Biden open border policy.

Not only is Biden not the president anymore, but the current president was elected by America largely for stronger border policy specifically.

If you want an open border policy then say so and make your case. Calling everyone and their grandma racist is completely doodooheaded as a form of politics. Go back to the drawing board.

This is fixing a security risk, nothing more.

@escott @lynn That’s not actually true, that’s the newfangled understanding of university mission.

The purpose of a university properly understood is to provide an education, to preserve knowledge, and to generate new knowledge through research and academic excellence.

It is not to: promote social justice, be a public square/marketplace of ideas, etc.

When the rot permeates so deeply that radical faculty enforces ideological conformity, you end up with e.g. Harvard at last place FIRE ranking.

@escott @lynn The antisemitism problem is so much worse than boorish jeers or whatever — the problem at some universities is so much larger than antisemitism.

These people want not only to globalize the intifada, they want to overthrow Western civilization. They explicitly want a violent revolution in America.

We have freedom of speech, but I will absolutely vote for policies to defund. If they want to become self-funded Hillsdales of terrorism, fine, but they’ll do it without my tax dollars.

@rayres @QasimRashid Learn what retract means. It can be removing a link, or a statement of disavowal. Remember, the word has roots to pre internet times, genius. It’s not like newspapers could gather up all the old copies to burn them. Btw learn to read. Now get out of my mentions.

@rayres @QasimRashid I never said that. But I’m sure you’re right and it’s the Jews own fault for being murdered. Now get out of my mentions.

@rayres @NeinMCisJohannLauBerlin@vivaldi.net @QasimRashid It does, see my post here for why: https://mastodon.social/@8124/114626173348489033

Pick up a dictionary before mouthing off.

Furthermore this idea of “weaponizing” antisemitism is itself antisemitic. If you would not tell a black person that accusations of anti-Black racism are a political tool to advance an agenda then you should close your mouth.

The new antisemitism isn’t complicated. Demonize #Israel, collectively blame #Jews, then physically attack them.