University Faculty Votes To Revoke Donald Trumps Honorary Degree

[babylonsister]

POLITICS 02/28/2018 06:42 am ET
University Faculty Votes To Revoke Donald Trump’s Honorary Degree
“By staying silent we are bystanders; we normalize hate speech, condone discrimination and bullying.”
By Lee Moran


Faculty members at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, have voted by a large majority that the school should annul the honorary degree awarded Donald Trump in 1988.

Almost 83 percent of faculty members who participated in this week’s ballot approved the motion calling on the school’s board of trustees to rescind Trump’s degree, reports Lehigh Valley Live. The motion says Trump is unworthy of the honor “based on a long history of numerous documented statements that are antithetical to our core values and beneath the standard for Lehigh’s honorary degrees holders.”

A preamble to the motion declared that “statements made by President Trump do not meet Lehigh’s standards for respectful discourse where differences of opinion exist.”

“If a member of Lehigh’s on-campus community made one of these statements, he/she would be subject to disciplinary action; taken in their entirety, he/she would be at risk of dismissal,” the motion said.

“By staying silent we are bystanders; we normalize hate speech, condone discrimination and bullying; we enable people in positions of power to corrode the foundations of civil society; and we abdicate our commitment and responsibility to uphold and sustain our core values,” it added.

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https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/lehigh-university-donald-trump-honorary-degree_us_5a967962e4b09c872baf4c14

[Gothmog]

1. K&R

[BoneyardDem]

2. Someone should write Trump a letter requesting a return of the certifiate, cap, gown and cords

[Doodley]

3. Words to use when meeting Trump fanatics:

"By staying silent we are bystanders; we normalize hate speech, condone discrimination and bullying; we enable people in positions of power to corrode the foundations of civil society."

[Tommy_Carcetti]

4. In response, Trump just awarded himself another honorary degree from Trump University.

[Freedomofspeech]

5. I love this.

[bdamomma]

6. good go ahead

and do it.

[aikoaiko]

7. Most excellent, but WTF were you thinking in 1988, Lehigh, when you bestowed the honor?

[IronLionZion]

8. Those liberal elitists!

Maybe he'll have some pissy tweets about this!

[LiberalFighter]

9. Why did they even award it to him in 1988?

[Cha]

10. That's HUGE! Taking away

an honorary degree from his past, because it contributes to the "normalization" of donny trump!