Harvard’s Kennedy School refused to hire human rights expert @KenRoth because of his criticisms of Israel. And if the school can censor him, @mehdirhasan asks, is there hope for anyone else? “If they can do this to me, imagine what they can do to lesser figures," Roth says.

Jan 9, 2023 · 8:51 PM UTC

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Comments section shows amount of people wear the mask of liberalism. These people openly support a settler Colonial country, a country accused of war crime, clear violation of international law and the worst violators of human rights.
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It’s an issue of balance Ken. Singling out israel (as the statistics show) is antisemitic. Your attacks on Israel are disproportionate, achieve no objective other than to make things worse, and are done with impunity. To you Israel is profitable low hanging fruit
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Maybe, just maybe, Roth's bastardization of the concept of apartheid in order to tar Israel with this worst of sins just didn't meet the Kennedy School's standard of scholarship? Might that have been a factor?
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Answering a question about what could happen to non-white human rights activists by describing them as "lesser figures" is, at the very least, a poor choice of words.
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Not hiring someone isn't censorship. JFC.
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If Ken Roth is the "Godfather of Human Rights," Charles Manson was the "Godfather of Feminism."
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Some people: "Free SPEECH"! "Academic FREEDOM!" Same people: "We didn't mean about Israel though".
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GIF
How can you censor someone who doesn't even have any ties to you?
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One anti semite interviewing another anti semite. "Why do they hate you?" "I have no idea, the Jews must have something to do with it"
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