'Free speech for me, but not for thee'
Sometimes it's hard to determine whether the academic hard left, which spends more time blasting Israeli imperfections than Arab genocides, is living in an Alice in Wonderland Topsy Turvy world or in an Orwellian Newspeak world. In a recent example, a group of hard left radicals at Harvard claim they are being muzzled. At a recent Faculty meeting, Professor J. Lorand Matory, who teaches Anthropology and Afro-American studies, but who spends much of his time bashing Israel, (a country he has never visited) alleged that critics of Israel like him "tremble in fear" when they express their views at Harvard. He submitted a motion stating that "this Faculty commits itself to fostering civil dialogue in which people with a broad range of perspectives feel safe and are encouraged to express their reasoned and evidence-based ideas."
Matory's motion received support from other paragons of political correctness, who are well-known for their advocacy of censorship of the "offensive" speech of others, but who are now complaining that there's not enough free speech for them at Harvard.
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