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A university president makes a case against cowardice

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450 points pseudolus | 2 comments | 03 Apr 25 12:29 UTC | HN request time: 0.422s | source
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siliconc0w ◴[04 Apr 25 01:39 UTC] No.43577474[source]▶
They could fight back with, "We will not accept students from politicians that support anti-education policies". Further they could kick out any students currently enrolled, "if they wrote a college essay promoting their anti-education values, we wouldn't have let them in - so they were clearly lying and we're just remedying that mistake"
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nosianu ◴[04 Apr 25 08:50 UTC] No.43579758[source]▶
> "We will not accept students from politicians that support anti-education policies"

Given how many stories there are about children seriously at odds with their parents about political issues, I don't think that is a good idea. At all.

Do you want to be judged by how your parents think or behave, or think that is acceptable?

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1. siliconc0w ◴[04 Apr 25 18:02 UTC] No.43585828[source]▶
This wasn't a serious proposal, I was mocking the cruelty and logic of the current administration.
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2. HamsterDan ◴[05 Apr 25 01:08 UTC] No.43589389[source]▶
Were you? The current administration is punishing students who directly voiced support for terrorism. That's not at all equivalent to punishing students for their parents' much less objectionable beliefs.