Hedge fund \u200cbillionaire Bill Ackman has\u200b weighed \u2064in on the issue of campus antisemitism, responding\u2062 to some shockingly \u2064inadequate congressional\u2063 testimonies. \u200d When questioned<\/a> by Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., University of \u200dPennsylvania President Liz Magill, Harvard President Claudine\u200b Gay, and\u2063 MIT President Sally Kornbluth\u200b refused to unequivocally \u200dstate<\/a> that calls for Jewish \u2064genocide go against their \u200crules on bullying and harassment. Instead, they argued that it\u200d depends on the “context.”<\/p>\n

Later that\u2062 night, \u200cAckman took to Twitter<\/a> and tweeted, “If a\u2064 CEO of one of our companies \u200cgave a similar answer<\/a>, he or she would be toast within the hour. Why \u2064has antisemitism exploded on campus and around the world? Because\u2063 of leaders like Presidents Gay, Magill, \u200band Kornbluth\u2062 who believe\u200d genocide depends on the context.”<\/p>\n

“To think,” he added, “that these\u200b are the leaders of Ivy League institutions \u2063that are charged with the\u200c responsibility to educate our best and brightest.”<\/p>\n

Indeed.<\/p>\n

My colleague Saagar Enjeti from \u2062”Breaking Points” responded<\/a>, “Ackman and those most \u2063upset over \u200dthis\u200d core \u200bobjection is that they are not included as marginalized within the \u2063DEI regime. This is wrong.\u2064 The correct objection is that the DEI regime itself is illegitimate\u200b and \u2064unamerican.”<\/p>\n

After Gay released\u200c a statement<\/a> vaguely stating that Harvard\u200c would hold accountable anyone who calls \u2062for violence\u200b against \u200dJewish students, Enjeti added<\/a>,\u200c “Ackman and others leading the campaign do \u2062not care \u200done iota about\u200c actually destroying DEI, \u200bdefunding universities, \u2064destroying \u2064elite centers of power, or protecting speech. They only want those institutions’ ideology to \u200brespond to their grievances in the same way they do for BLM.”<\/p>\n

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This raises an important question: Will Ackman and other \u200bpowerful Democratic donors now invest their significant resources in \u2063dismantling the vast ideological infrastructure that has led us to a point \u2062where university presidents evade questions about genocide with confusing legal jargon? What about the\u200b establishment \u200cRepublicans who have \u200cexpressed \u2062their outrage? Will Mitch McConnell take a bold stance against the nonsense \u200cin academia?<\/p>\n

Unlike other issues like Black Lives Matter or LGBT causes, Israel is one \u200bof the few topics where elite opinion<\/a> is genuinely divided. This \u200cexplains the revolts among White House interns and The New \u2064York Times union, as well\u2064 as the revolts\u200c of John\u2062 Fetterman and \u2062Bill Ackman. (It also sheds light on peculiar\u200b patterns in corporate media coverage<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

Enjeti’s skepticism \u2063is\u200c justified because\u200b addressing the conditions that have brought us here \u2064requires confronting the consensus view on \u200dWestern civilization taught in schools, popular culture, and now\u200c much of the business sector. Ultimately, it demands a reckoning\u200d with moral \u200crelativism.<\/p>\n

For some radical individuals on \u2064campuses, antisemitism stems from \u200da \u2064 deep-seated hatred<\/a> of Jews. Magill, Gay, and Kornbluth are driven by a relativist stance on the West, which posits \u200bthat \u2064Western values are inherently tainted by whiteness, racism, \u200bsexism, homophobia,\u2063 and\u200d more. According to cultural relativism, this\u2064 undermines our moral \u2063authority, but the moral credibility of allegedly oppressed populations in the \u200cMiddle East, for example, remains intact\u2064 as their actions \u2062are seen as rational \u2064responses to \u200dimperialism.<\/p>\n

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This central argument now dominates K-12 education, academia, popular culture, \u2063and often the media and business world. Does it make sense? Not at all. In his book “Dominion,” Tom Holland convincingly argues that we are like \u200cfish swimming in\u200c the waters of Christian \u2063ethics without even realizing it. Ayaan Hirsi Ali recently announced<\/a> \u2064her conversion from \u200catheism to Christianity, citing Holland’s work as a contributing factor.<\/p>\n

While Ackman expressed astonishment that \u2064these are the leaders of Ivy\u2064 League institutions responsible for educating the best and brightest,\u200d it’s important \u200dto note that these same individuals\u200c have\u200c been leading \u200dour institutions for years. The students who have been taught to embrace this worldview are now entering the adult world, and their impact\u2064 has been\u200b significant for quite\u2062 some\u200b time.<\/p>\n

This is the “double standard” that Jonathan Haidt \n

What is the importance of addressing the ideological framework that allows university \u2063presidents to evade condemning calls for\u200c genocide?<\/h2>\n
\u200b Hedge fund billionaire \u200dBill \u200bAckman has recently commented on the issue of campus antisemitism, criticizing \u2063the inadequate\u2062 responses given by university presidents when questioned about calls for Jewish genocide. In a\u2064 congressional hearing, University \u200dof Pennsylvania President Liz \u200dMagill, Harvard President Claudine Gay, and MIT\u200d President Sally Kornbluth refused to unequivocally state that such calls go against their rules on bullying and harassment, instead arguing that it depends \u2062on the “context.”<\/p>\n
Bill Ackman took to Twitter that night to express his displeasure,\u200d highlighting the difference in treatment between CEOs in \u200cthe business world and university\u2062 presidents. He questioned why antisemitism has been allowed\u200c to grow on\u200b college campuses and around the world, pointing to leaders like \u200cGay, Magill, and Kornbluth who believe that genocide \u200cdepends on the context.<\/p>\n
Ackman’s criticism was\u2062 echoed by \u2063Saagar\u2063 Enjeti from “Breaking Points,” who \u200dargued that the focus should not\u2062 be on including certain groups as marginalized within\u200c the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) regime, but rather on \u200cchallenging the legitimacy of the regime itself.<\/p>\n
In response to the controversy, Gay released a statement vaguely promising to hold \u2063accountable anyone who calls for violence against\u2063 Jewish students at Harvard. However, Enjeti commented that Ackman and others leading the campaign against \u2062campus antisemitism are not \u200bgenuinely interested in\u2064 dismantling the DEI regime or protecting free speech. They merely want universities to respond \u2062to their grievances\u200c in the same way they do for the Black Lives Matter movement.<\/p>\n
This situation raises\u200c an important question:\u200b will Ackman and other\u2062 powerful Democratic donors invest their \u2063significant resources in dismantling the ideological infrastructure that allows university\u200b presidents to evade \u2062questions about genocide? Will establishment Republicans,\u2064 such as Mitch McConnell, take a strong stance against this nonsense in\u200b academia?<\/p>\n
Unlike other social issues \u200dlike Black Lives Matter \u200bor LGBT \u2064causes, elite opinion on Israel is genuinely divided. This explains the \u200crevolts among \u200dWhite House interns and The New\u200c York Times union, as well as the dissent of public figures like John \u200cFetterman and Bill Ackman. It also sheds light on the biased \u2063coverage of Israel in corporate media.<\/p>\n
Enjeti’s skepticism is justified because\u2062 addressing the conditions that have allowed campus antisemitism to flourish requires confronting the consensus view\u200d on\u2063 Western civilization. It requires a deeper examination of the \u200dideological framework that has led us to \u2063a point\u2062 where university presidents can \u2064avoid condemning \u2063calls for\u200b genocide with confusing legal jargon.<\/p>\n
In conclusion, Bill Ackman’s criticism \u200bof university presidents’ inadequate response to campus antisemitism highlights the broader issue of the DEI regime and its impact on free speech and the protection of marginalized groups. It raises important questions about the responsibility of\u200b powerful donors and political leaders to address this issue and\u2063 dismantle the ideological infrastructure that allows such evasion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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