Now that some of the smoke has cleared from the comments of three Ivy League college presidents before a Congressional committee, it is time to reconsider what has happened, and is happening to higher education in America. The testimony of the presidents of Harvard, MIT and Columbia came through on national television for what it was: three very bright people trying desperately hard to walk a fine line between what most Americans believe should be a straightforward answer and the nuanced rhetoric designed to placate the various attitudes on their campuses. When President Liz Magill of the University of Pennsylvania was asked if calling for genocide of Jews constitutes bullying or harassment under her university’s policies, she responded that it would be a “context-dependent decision.” No, it is not. Antisemitism is unacceptable and should not be tolerated on any American college campus. Neither should blatant Islamophobic tirades be acceptable.
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