Tom Ellis
Jan 5, 2024

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Again, Dr. Gay should have thrown this argument back in Stefanik’s face by posing the Socratic question: “What do you mean by “supporting genocide?” If the answer was “calling for the extermination of Jews,” she could then have replied, “If that is what students were actually doing, they should be reprimanded. But I don’t equate “support for the Palestinians” with advocating genocide. If you do, we disagree on the assumption behind your question. It is hard under pressure, however, to think this through. But she should have been prepared for such entrapment..,

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Tom Ellis
Tom Ellis

Written by Tom Ellis

I am a retired English professor now living in Oregon, and a life-long environmental activist, Buddhist, and holistic philosopher.

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