I'm not sure where I am branding anyone as a Communist, nor am I saying that the people I'm referring to should be blacklisted from any future pursuits within their chosen profession. Are you suggesting that the actions taken by the students should be ignored? Maybe that actions don't have *any* corresponding consequences, good or bad? Possibly that employers don't have a problem with disruptive employees? (Oh, wait... I know... an employee making enough waves to distract fellow workers from competently performing their jobs should get a promotion and a raise, yes?)
If anyone in real life can't grasp the fact that for every action there is an equal reaction (again, positive or negative), where do you think they'll end up? Someone at the postsecondary education level (almost always old enough to vote and carry a firearm, but not to drink) who doesn't understand this basic rule of life, that there are ramifications for what one does or says, will not survive in the world outside academia. Reality will devour these poor souls.
Can you please be so kind as to point out where I call for blacklisting students? I don't see where I suggest that student protesters should be denied employment in their chosen field, like actors and writers were under McCarthy's Red Scare. Certainly there are employers who will not hire someone or rescind a job offer based on the student's actions, e.g. Ryna Workman, President of NYU's Student Bar Association, students at Columbia and Harvard and many other schools.
What I did say is that the student protesters are ignoring, or don't understand, potential problems based on their decidedly illiberal actions They can, and should, support Palestinians in general, but being Hamas apologists, rationalizing the cowardly assault on Israeli civilians as being justified by previous Israeli governmental bombings of Gaza, is a step too far for many. If they don't experience any pushback whatsoever for what they are doing, they will continue in the mistaken belief that they will not be held to account for future actions; ones that could cause irreparable harm to their employers.
Please don't feed the troll. Trolls live in echo chambers and aren't really listening to your arguments: they're totally enchanted with their own eruptions, which aren't really connected with your views at all. You and your ideas deserve better.
"Thank you, Sen. Joe McCarthy, for weighing in."
I'm not sure where I am branding anyone as a Communist, nor am I saying that the people I'm referring to should be blacklisted from any future pursuits within their chosen profession. Are you suggesting that the actions taken by the students should be ignored? Maybe that actions don't have *any* corresponding consequences, good or bad? Possibly that employers don't have a problem with disruptive employees? (Oh, wait... I know... an employee making enough waves to distract fellow workers from competently performing their jobs should get a promotion and a raise, yes?)
If anyone in real life can't grasp the fact that for every action there is an equal reaction (again, positive or negative), where do you think they'll end up? Someone at the postsecondary education level (almost always old enough to vote and carry a firearm, but not to drink) who doesn't understand this basic rule of life, that there are ramifications for what one does or says, will not survive in the world outside academia. Reality will devour these poor souls.
fnord
Can you please be so kind as to point out where I call for blacklisting students? I don't see where I suggest that student protesters should be denied employment in their chosen field, like actors and writers were under McCarthy's Red Scare. Certainly there are employers who will not hire someone or rescind a job offer based on the student's actions, e.g. Ryna Workman, President of NYU's Student Bar Association, students at Columbia and Harvard and many other schools.
What I did say is that the student protesters are ignoring, or don't understand, potential problems based on their decidedly illiberal actions They can, and should, support Palestinians in general, but being Hamas apologists, rationalizing the cowardly assault on Israeli civilians as being justified by previous Israeli governmental bombings of Gaza, is a step too far for many. If they don't experience any pushback whatsoever for what they are doing, they will continue in the mistaken belief that they will not be held to account for future actions; ones that could cause irreparable harm to their employers.
fnord
Please don't feed the troll. Trolls live in echo chambers and aren't really listening to your arguments: they're totally enchanted with their own eruptions, which aren't really connected with your views at all. You and your ideas deserve better.
Thank you, Al, for your kind words and support.
fnord