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Reply to philosslayer (Reply #33)

Sun Mar 8, 2015, 05:20 PM

Mar 2015

I feel like an onion is being peeled in this thread. It's enlightening.

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University of California Campuses Roiled Over Claims Of Anti-Israel Bias [View all] Purveyor Mar 2015 OP

Campuses Roiled? 3 incidents in... 5 years is...not "roiled"! 5 years, a million students...roiled? Fred Sanders Mar 2015 #1

There should be anti-Israel sentiment on all campuses. BillZBubb Mar 2015 #2

The occupation is legal sabbat hunter Mar 2015 #4

I don't think countries that violate MyNameGoesHere Mar 2015 #10

Your opinion MATTERS! PCIntern Mar 2015 #25

I based my opinion on clearly MyNameGoesHere Mar 2015 #32

Yup. You surely did. PCIntern Mar 2015 #35

You're are correct. MyNameGoesHere Mar 2015 #41

This message was self-deleted by its author 1000words Mar 2015 #20

I saw the video of the student goverment meeting in question. WillowTree Mar 2015 #3

I didn't see it. Was it anti-Israel policies towards the Palestinians, because that is pretty world sabrina 1 Mar 2015 #5

Yes. I'm well aware of the difference, thankyouverymuch. WillowTree Mar 2015 #7

You don't think Muslims are among the most discriminated groups in this country right now? sabrina 1 Mar 2015 #9

Nonsense. Did you even read the question that I quoted? WillowTree Mar 2015 #11

If you can't imagine a muslim student being treated similarly, especially in these times when ND-Dem Mar 2015 #12

OK. For the sake of argument, let's say that they *would* have treated a Muslim student that way. WillowTree Mar 2015 #16

You don't have to 'imagine 'anti-Muslim bias in the US. Three Muslim students were murdered sabrina 1 Mar 2015 #24

If she were a Muslim Jake Stern Mar 2015 #19

What does all that have to do with them keeping a qualified young woman off a judicial panel ... DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2015 #23

I guess I, and the other poster thought your concern was bias in general. sabrina 1 Mar 2015 #26

Too many issues are being conflated here DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2015 #27

Of course no one should be excluded because of their religion or ethnicity. sabrina 1 Mar 2015 #28

not on most college campuses. and there are Muslims on that board. cali Mar 2015 #29

Let's put it this way: Israel wasn't mentioned. Just her Jewishness. Clearly anti-semitic cali Mar 2015 #22

however, the context is: the recent student body vote for the university to divest its ND-Dem Mar 2015 #34

it doesn't matter what the context was. cali Mar 2015 #44

Skepticism towards the State of Israel and anti-Semitic not the same thing Midnight Writer Mar 2015 #6

The young woman was seeking a seat on the student judicial board. WillowTree Mar 2015 #8

Agreed. But three events are linked here. Midnight Writer Mar 2015 #13

Having read a bit more about the background to this controversey, reading between the ND-Dem Mar 2015 #14

But it shouldn't have. WillowTree Mar 2015 #17

The discrimination against the young woman was right out of "Gentleman's Agreement". DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2015 #18

it was patently anti-semitic and it was a religious test which is obviously unconstitutional cali Mar 2015 #30

So what if she was a conservative Christian philosslayer Mar 2015 #33

if the student were very involved in anti-lgbt christian organizations i think it would be pretty ND-Dem Mar 2015 #36

But she wasn't... DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2015 #38

it's ugly is what it is. it doesn't surprise me, but it's ugly. cali Mar 2015 #45

In another poster there's an oblique reference to her stature. DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2015 #48

What does that have to do with denying a young Jewish woman a seat on a judicial board ? DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2015 #15

The student in question is not "the State of Israel" Fiftyone Mar 2015 #42

weird headline- inaccurate. (I know it's not yours, P) cali Mar 2015 #21

the context of the whole controversy was a recent vote for the university to divest ND-Dem Mar 2015 #31

'" ... it's not all about people picking on one nice little jewish student. " DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2015 #37

i think you are, by ignoring my point. it's not about an individual student, it's about the ND-Dem Mar 2015 #39

They were reviving ancient anti-semitic tropes... DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2015 #40

bzzzt. fail. it was about flat out bigotry. duh. cali Mar 2015 #47

The context of this incident is very ugly. tritsofme Mar 2015 #43

wow. that's quite a statement. and sorry it's just ugly disgusting illegal bigotry cali Mar 2015 #46