silence7@slrpnk.net to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoTrump Finally Drops the Anti-Semitism Pretext | The latest letter to Harvard makes clear that the administration’s goal is to punish liberal institutions for the crime of being liberal.www.theatlantic.comexternal-linkmessage-square137linkfedilinkarrow-up1808arrow-down14cross-posted to: BoycottUnitedStates@europe.pub
arrow-up1804arrow-down1external-linkTrump Finally Drops the Anti-Semitism Pretext | The latest letter to Harvard makes clear that the administration’s goal is to punish liberal institutions for the crime of being liberal.www.theatlantic.comsilence7@slrpnk.net to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square137linkfedilinkcross-posted to: BoycottUnitedStates@europe.pub
minus-squareOutlierBlue@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23arrow-down1·2 days agoIt’s the precedent that matters, not whether the target needs the money. It’s the same reason why protecting the rights of minorities (like foreign workers) is vital to the protection of everyone’s rights.
minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 day agoWhich kind of seems like it would be a mistake to go after (what is likely) the wealthiest university in the US… They have all the resources in the world to fight it
It’s the precedent that matters, not whether the target needs the money.
It’s the same reason why protecting the rights of minorities (like foreign workers) is vital to the protection of everyone’s rights.
Which kind of seems like it would be a mistake to go after (what is likely) the wealthiest university in the US… They have all the resources in the world to fight it