One of the first things authoritarian regimes do is attack universities to root out what they believe is disloyalty to the State.
Why Authoritarians Attack Universities First
A Yale professor and expert on fascism talks about why he’s leaving the United States under Trump.
"One of the leading U.S. experts on fascism is so unsettled by the political climate under President Donald Trump that he’s packing up and leaving the country. Jason Stanley, a philosophy professor at Yale University and the author of books including How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them, has accepted a position at the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy that will begin in the fall."
How a University Fights an Authoritarian Regime
Viktor Orbán came for me. Donald Trump is coming for you. Here’s what to do.
Trump doesn't like Harvard's "attitude." And he claims Harvard's professors AND students are "not American."
"Founded October 28, 1636, and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States. Its influence, wealth, and rankings have made it one of the most prestigious universities in the world."
Trump on Harvard University: “The students they have, the professors they have, the attitude they have is not American…So we'll pull back the grant.”
Trump on Harvard University: “The students they have, the professors they have, the attitude they have is not American…So we'll pull back the grant.”pic.twitter.com/o9mID3CyJf
— The Intellectualist (@highbrow_nobrow) May 1, 2025
15 comments:
Trump's attitude is not American! Impeach the America-hating bum!
A pres who criticizes any and all, but can't take it. Poor Baby.
The House is run by Trump cultists. Impeachment will not happen as long as Moses Johnson is the Speaker.
Take a look at how Trump describes the Declaration of Independence in the above post. He hasn't a clue about what it means. I'd bet a million dollars he's never read it. Trump is a functioning illiterate who was voted into office by people who care more for power and owning the libs than they do the reputation and good stewardship of our country.
Harvard is a private institution who should be able to teach what they want. If they choose to hate Jews support discrimination with DEI and represent illegals that is their right.
They should just do it with there 54 billion dollar endowment not working peoples taxes.
Well, skud, "working people's taxes" is being proposed before the SCOTUS to support Christian schools -- religious schools. Since you're are against "working people's taxes" being used for private institutions like Harvard, are you okay with it being used for private religious schools? Or just private Christian schools? How would you feel if "working people's taxes" were used for other religious schools, such as Muslim, Hindu, or Jewish schools?
Why should my tax dollars go to a religion I do not support? Weren't certain Americans outraged that the government would use tax dollars for abortions that they believe is contrary to their religious beliefs?
Do you know what DEI actually means? How is promoting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion a discriminatory practice?
How is providing "due process" to undocumented people wrong? You do know that the Constitution demands it, don't you? And that the Trump administration is breaking the law by not allowing due process for undocumented immigrants and even LEGAL migrants and immigrants. Do you believe the Constitution should be followed by a president?
Anyone catch AG Bondi as she dripped worship all over Trump saying his 100 Days has been the greatest ever in AMERICAN HISTORY...
I bet FDR would like a minute...
Ignorance has a safe home in MAGA and the republican party (opps, tRumpublican party).
I am and have always been against taxpayers paying for any private institution and function.
I am in favor of the division between church and state so totally against tax deductions for all religions and all charities and I agree with you why should I pay taxes for something I don’t support that only helps a selected few.
DEI is discrimination because if someone is selected because they check a box your discriminating against someone who doesn't check that box but Is better qualified.
Crossing the border without going through the appropriate systems is illegal so why do we need to give them due process. No where in the constitution does it state we need to give criminals entering the country illegally any due process.
Dave, remember all the people inside Biden White House and the media who dripped all over themselves swearing Biden was competent and “sharp as a tack” when they knew it was a lie.
Somehow criticism from the left is just hyprocricy.
Sorry, skud, but the 5th and 14th Amendments to the Constitution are very clear:
"The Fifth Amendment's Due Process Clause, along with the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause, guarantees that no person shall be deprived of "life, liberty, or property, without due process of law". This means the government cannot take away these fundamental rights without following fair legal procedures and respecting certain substantive rights."
Repressive regimes can pull ANYONE off the streets and put him/her in jail without cause. This is what Trump and his goons are now doing. As you probably have heard, innocent people are being swept up and incarcerated without due process and sent off to foreign gulags without hope of due process.
THIS IS HOW CRIMINAL REGIMES OPERATE. THIS IS UNAMERICAN AND EVERY CITIZEN SHOULD BE AGAINST THIS.
Our due process is what separated us from lawless, repressive regimes.
Now we are one of them, because of the convicted criminal in the White House.
Skud, no matter how diligently you trash the Biden administration, it won't work. History is on Biden's side because no matter who was "in charge" as you say, it was Biden's administration that made our country's economy the envy of the world, and Biden's policies that put people back to work, put COVID shots into people's arms, and lowered the unemployment rate.
You cannot deny that all those positive things happened during the Biden administration .
Also, you're being naive if you believe for one minute that Trump is wholly in charge of the dismantling of our republic. He is following the Heritage Foundation's Project 2025! Trump is barely able to tie his shoes and dress himself, let alone destroy 248 of what made America great.
The Republican Party and the Heritage Foundation are dismantling our country in front of our noses, and you're still trashing Joe Biden?
That should read 248 YEARS...
Yes, Les. The Republican Party no longer exists. It's a party of cultists worshipping a convicted criminal and sexual assaulter, liar, cheat, and fraud.
Skud said... Dave, remember all the people inside Biden White House and the media who dripped all over themselves swearing Biden was competent and “sharp as a tack” when they knew it was a lie..
Skud, you only know what you wrote because of a few excerpts from a book. Did you read the book? Can you cite any, even one source from within the White House, that agrees with your conclusion?
Just one.
You can't. So what we've got is your opinion, not supported facts.
Was he slipping? Sure, and plenty will attest to that. Just as plenty will attest to trump slipping. Just listen to a recording of him during the 2016 campaign and one from last week. His voice is a muffled slur in comparison.
That's age. We all lose ability as we age. And yes, both Presidents Trump and Biden have as well.
But at the end of the day, I would still take Biden and his advisors over Trump and his any day.
At least the economy was not contracting.
Your point about hypocrisy is hysterical. Les, Shaw, Dave Dubya, myself... all of us here were critical of Biden. All of us. And many others on the left. Few on the left really wanted Biden to run in 2024 and were critical of him.
You, like many on the right these days, seem to live in a fact free non reality zone.
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