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Terence Tao on the suspension of UCLA grants

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280 points dargscisyhp | 2 comments | 02 Aug 25 06:28 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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pbiggar ◴[02 Aug 25 09:06 UTC] No.44765902[source]▶
Remember that these claims of antisemitism are all false. What they actually mean is "they had a student encampment calling out Israel's genocide in Gaza and occupation of Palestine, that the US supports with weapons, troops, UN vetos, and bad faith negotiation"
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wat10000 ◴[02 Aug 25 09:46 UTC] No.44766116[source]▶
And remember that this actually stokes antisemitism. Israel is demonstrably out there committing atrocities. If officials are conflating anti-Israel with anti-Jew then it prompts people opposed to those atrocities to oppose Jews.
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1. jjgreen ◴[02 Aug 25 09:55 UTC] No.44766179[source]▶
The cynic in me thinks this is deliberate.
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2. wat10000 ◴[02 Aug 25 11:00 UTC] No.44766556[source]▶
I don’t think this administration cares about Jews one way or the other. “Antisemitism” is a cudgel to use on their enemies. Any other effect is incidental.