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[–] ATDA@lemmy.world 17 points 20 hours ago

This is what happens when you don't properly utilize your steak sauce to proof read your letters...

[–] MolecularCactus1324@lemmy.world 46 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Seems like a violation of the first amendment to go after a nonprofit based on the apparent political view points of one of its employees.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)
[–] andros_rex@lemmy.world 80 points 1 day ago (3 children)

The problem is that the mask is off. They have never cared about the rules, they’ve never cared about the law - it’s always been in bad faith. Now we are in a time of strong men, and anything the strong man says is reality.

[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

Isn't it "good times create weak men"? Which aligns with what we see. They aren't strong, just in positions of authority.

He wouldn’t be strong with a bullet in his face. Here’s to hoping.

[–] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 69 points 1 day ago (2 children)

These "strongman" are pathetically weak. As soon as Harvard stood up to them they folded like a wet paper bag.

Fear is their weapon. Deny them that and its been proven that they can be beaten. Maybe not easily or without difficulty, but victory is entirely possible.

[–] Stovetop@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago

Would love to see more institutions of higher education follow Harvard's lead. At least here in the northeast, education is one of the largest employers. Despite how much government money plays a part in their operation, I feel like major universities are in a good position to start making demands and assert their autonomy given the resources at their disposal.

This also means states should work on filling the void left by federal funding for their educational institutions , which in large part is already done but could be taken further to ensure that they do not need to be accountable to the madman in Washington.

[–] Sciaphobia@lemm.ee 1 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)

Not looking like Harvard is a good example. I've seen into that they quietly capitulated after all.

[–] ysjet@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Source, because that just sounds like a load of MAGA cope.

[–] Sciaphobia@lemm.ee 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

This story is what info about that seems to come from. I haven't looked into the legitimacy of it.

https://truthout.org/articles/harvard-quietly-capitulates-to-trump-guts-dei-office-and-affinity-events/

[–] ysjet@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago

Truth out is usually pretty solid, but a lot of the sources seem to be either working with information they aren't sharing, or are making leaps of logic. This could either be Harvard quietly dismantling their DEI program... Or massively expanding it.

[–] Bonus@lemm.ee 50 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

*MIT grad student

https://bsky.app/profile/joshuajfriedman.com/post/3lokaachjek2e

The article in the Atlantic brings the point up that it (the letter) reads like it was ghost-written by you know who.

Trump 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.

The intensely hostile letter that Education Secretary Linda McMahon... I say McMahon because her signature is at the bottom of the letter, but portions of the document are written in such a distinctive idiolect...

https://archive.ph/90E3s

[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 19 points 1 day ago

More like idiotlect, hah

Sorry, my heart goes out to you, everyone in the U.S. now. This fucking sucks.