It sounds like Magill said some really stupid shit.
In their testimony, the presidents evaded questions on whether calling for the genocide of Jews violated their institutions’ codes of conduct.
Penn President Elizabeth Magill said: “If the speech turns into conduct, it can be harassment.”
Calling for genocide isn’t harassment, according to her. Guess I can go to U Penn and start loudly telling everyone we should exterminate the lesser races and it’s fine.
She was asked point blank if calling for genocide was against their rules, and she said “it depends on the context”. How is that not the easiest, most softball question? How hard is it to say “absolutely it’s against the rules, but I will clarify that I don’t believe supporting the Palestinian people is the same as calling for genocide”?
It sounds like Magill said some really stupid shit.
Calling for genocide isn’t harassment, according to her. Guess I can go to U Penn and start loudly telling everyone we should exterminate the lesser races and it’s fine.
She was asked point blank if calling for genocide was against their rules, and she said “it depends on the context”. How is that not the easiest, most softball question? How hard is it to say “absolutely it’s against the rules, but I will clarify that I don’t believe supporting the Palestinian people is the same as calling for genocide”?