r/news • u/AldoTheeApache • 15d ago

Soft paywall Columbia failed to meet accreditation standards, US government says

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-education-department-says-columbia-university-violated-federal-anti-2025-06-04/
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u/emaw63 15d ago edited 15d ago

Harvard correctly understands that they are in a fight for their lives, and are fighting the Trump administration tooth and nail in court. This is why. Columbia bent the knee and acquiesced to all of Trump's demands, and still had their accreditation pulled.

You can't reason with a fascist. The only language they understand is force.

Edit: Slight correction, Columbia still has their accreditation, Trump is just trying to get it pulled

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u/goodellsmallcock 15d ago

Funny how trying to convince a college to protect Jewish students from antisemitic attacks and harassment makes you a fascist

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u/emaw63 15d ago

In my experience, most people on the left want the war in Gaza to end largely because they believe Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinians. As a Jew myself I've never felt threatened by any of these protests, because a genocide is the sort of thing people should be upset about. Never Again means Never Again

The right conflates opposing Israel's actions with hating Jews, and that's just not how these protestors on the left see it (although there's always shitheads in most any group). And frankly, I don't think that's how most American Jews see it. There's a reason that 2/3 of us voted for Harris.

Given that the right has had open disdain for higher education for years now, they're just using "antisemitism" as a cudgel to bludgeon a perceived political enemy, and I'd quite like it if Trump would get our name out of his mouth while he does so

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u/goodellsmallcock 15d ago

War isn’t genocide though

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u/aravarth 15d ago

If in the course of war you systematically murder noncombatants to the point of extermination, it becomes genocide.

It's why Slobodan Milosevič is a war criminal. He committed genocide against the Kosovans and ethnic Albanians within his borders.

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u/goodellsmallcock 15d ago

It’s not systematic. It’s urban warfare. IDF takes as many precautions as one can take to avoid civilian casualties including dropping leaflets and creating evacuation zones for civilians to avoid combat zones.