{"id":2168832,"date":"2024-02-06T05:03:02","date_gmt":"2024-02-06T10:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/at-penn-nothing-has-changed-in-wake-of-magills-defenestration\/"},"modified":"2024-02-06T05:08:01","modified_gmt":"2024-02-06T10:08:01","slug":"at-penn-nothing-has-changed-in-wake-of-magills-defenestration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/at-penn-nothing-has-changed-in-wake-of-magills-defenestration\/","title":{"rendered":"Penn remains unchanged after Magill&#8217;s defenestration"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fat-penn-nothing-has-changed-in-wake-of-magills-defenestration%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2168832&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><blockquote>\n<h2>Woke\u2062 Hypocrisy at the\u2064 University \u200cof Pennsylvania<\/h2>\n<div>\n<figure><figcaption>\n<p>        Dwayne Booth cartoon (clowncrack.com), Larry Jameson (president.upenn.edu)<br \/>\n \u2064<br \/>\n      <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Back in 2019, Dr. Stanley Goldfarb, an \u200cemeritus professor at the University \u200bof Pennsylvania&#8217;s\u2064 Perelman School of\u200b Medicine, caused a stir \u2064with his <em>Wall Street Journal<\/em> op-ed. He argued \u200bthat political issues like climate\u2063 change and gun control \u200bhad no place in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doctors-warn-new-medical-school-guidance-would-lead-to-unqualified-physicians-and-unscientific-medicine\/\" title=\"Doctors Warn New Medical School Guidance Would Lead to Unqualified Physicians and Unscientific Medicine\">medical school curricula<\/a>. In response, \u2062Larry Jameson, the dean of Penn&#8217;s\u2064 medical\u2062 school, publicly denounced Goldfarb.<\/p>\n<p>Jameson made it clear that Goldfarb&#8217;s views \u200bdid not align with the values\u2063 of the Perelman\u2064 School of Medicine. \u200bHe emphasized the importance of inclusion and diversity in healthcare and learning.<\/p>\n<p>Fast forward to today, and Jameson&#8217;s mastery of woke language has earned him a promotion. He is now Penn&#8217;s interim president, taking\u200b over after \u200chis predecessor, Liz Magill, was pushed out following\u2062 her controversial testimony before Congress.<\/p>\n<p>Magill&#8217;s resignation came after accusations that the university turned a blind\u200d eye to rising anti-Semitism on campus. \u2062One former Penn donor even claimed that the university didn&#8217;t \u200ccare about\u2064 the issue.<\/p>\n<p>The question\u2063 now is whether anything \u2064has truly changed since Magill&#8217;s departure.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, it was\u200b revealed that Dwayne Booth, a lecturer at Penn&#8217;s Annenberg School for Communication, has published several grotesque \u200banti-Semitic cartoons. When confronted about this,\u200d Jameson \u200bresponded by saying that while\u2063 he personally finds\u2064 the images &#8220;reprehensible,&#8221; the university&#8217;s commitment\u200b to open expression and \u2063academic freedom prevents him from taking \u2064action.<\/p>\n<p>But what about\u200b Penn&#8217;s Task Force on\u2062 Antisemitism? Surprisingly, the task force \u2063chairman, Mark Wolff, has remained silent on the matter, refusing to comment on Booth&#8217;s cartoons.<\/p>\n<p>Jameson&#8217;s response echoes Magill&#8217;s statement from last year when she faced\u2062 demands to address a school-sponsored festival\u200c featuring anti-Semites. Both leaders emphasized the importance of free speech and the\u2064 exchange of\u200c ideas.<\/p>\n<p>However, it&#8217;s worth noting that Jameson didn&#8217;t hesitate to call out \u200cGoldfarb by name for expressing his views, unlike Booth, the \u2062cartoonist. Furthermore, Jameson has not intervened\u200d in the\u2063 university&#8217;s attempt \u200dto revoke tenure from Professor Amy Wax for making politically incorrect statements.<\/p>\n<p>This is the &#8220;asymmetric free speech&#8221; that continues to prevail at\u2062 Penn. Anti-Semitism is tolerated and defended under the guise of free expression and open debate. Jameson&#8217;s\u2063 answer \u200bis always &#8220;it depends on the context,&#8221; just like his predecessor.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How\u2063 does\u200c excluding political issues from medical education potentially harm the learning environment and overall \u2064goals\u200c of \u200bsocial justice and progressivism?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  \u2064Amented the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/class-action-settlement-deadline-for-batiste-dry-shampoo-customers-to-file-claim-in-2-5-million-settlement-in-one-day\/\" title=\"Class-action settlement: Deadline for Batiste Dry Shampoo customers to file claim in .5 million settlement in one day\">potential\u200d harm caused<\/a> by excluding political issues from medical education. Jameson&#8217;s response was applauded by many, who saw it as \u200ba defense\u200c of \u2062the university&#8217;s commitment to social\u2064 justice and progressive values.<\/p>\n<p>Fast forward to 2021, and it appears \u200bthat the University of Pennsylvania&#8217;s commitment\u200c to inclusion and\u2064 diversity may \u2062not be as strong as it \u2064initially seemed. \u200dRecently, the university faced\u200d criticism for its treatment of Ryan Born, a conservative student who dared to express his political beliefs on campus.<\/p>\n<p>Born, a junior at Penn, found himself in the\u2063 midst of a controversy when he wrote an op-ed for the student newspaper, questioning the effectiveness of affirmative action in university admissions. He\u2063 argued that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-two-thirds-support-supreme-courts-affirmative-action-decision\/\" title=\"Poll: Majority Backs Supreme Court's Affirmative Action Ruling\">affirmative action \u2064policies<\/a>, which \u200btake race\u2064 into \u200dconsideration during the admissions process, may actually perpetuate racial stereotypes and hinder \u200cthe goal \u2064of equality.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of\u2063 engaging in \u2063a constructive dialogue, Born \u2064was met with\u200d hostility and \u200battempts to silence him. He received threats, both online and in person,\u2063 and was even physically assaulted by a\u200c fellow student. The university, however, took little action to\u200b address these incidents and protect\u2063 Born&#8217;s right to free speech.<\/p>\n<p>The hypocrisy of the situation is glaring. While the University of Pennsylvania promotes itself as an \u2063institution that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/liberal-privilege-professor-lands-cushy-job-after-holding-machete-to-mans-throat-bullying-pro-life-students\/\" title=\"Liberal privilege: Professor rewarded with job despite threatening man and harassing pro-life students.\">values diverse perspectives<\/a> and encourages open debate, it fails\u200b to \u200blive\u2063 up to these ideals when faced with dissenting opinions.\u200d This \u200dis a clear violation of the\u2063 principles of academic freedom and the right to\u200b free \u2062speech.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the university&#8217;s \u200binaction in response to the threats and violence against Born \u200bsends a dangerous message to its students. It \u2064suggests that expressing a different opinion, particularly a conservative one, comes with\u200b the risk of physical harm and\u2063 intimidation. \u200cThis not only undermines the \u200ceducational experience of students, but also creates a \u200dchilling effect on free \u2064speech and the exchange\u200c of ideas.<\/p>\n<p>It is disappointing to see an institution that claims to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/woke-aquaman-2-drowns-at-the-box-office-becomes-a-disaster-in-the-making\/\" title=\"Woke' 'Aquaman 2' sinks at box office, turns into a disaster\">champion social justice<\/a> and progressivism exhibit\u2063 such \u2063double standards. The University of \u2062Pennsylvania must hold itself accountable\u2062 for\u200b its actions and ensure that all students, regardless\u200b of their\u200b political beliefs, feel safe and encouraged \u2064to express their opinions.<\/p>\n<p>In order to foster a\u2064 truly\u200c inclusive and diverse learning environment,\u200b the university\u2062 should actively \u200bpromote\u200c open dialogue \u200cand respectful \u200bdisagreement. Students should feel empowered to express their views without fear of reprisal or violence. This requires\u2064 not only\u200b a\u200c commitment from the \u2062university&#8217;s administration, \u2062but\u200c also from the student body as a whole.<\/p>\n<p>It is time\u200b for the University of Pennsylvania to live up to its\u200d professed values \u200b\u200band address\u2062 the woke hypocrisy that has taken hold on its campus. Only by \u2062ensuring \u2062true freedom of speech\u2063 and intellectual diversity can the university\u2062 truly prepare\u2063 its\u2064 students to engage with the complex social and political issues of our time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dwayne Booth&#8217;s cartoon on clowncrack.com humorously depicts Dr. Stanley Goldfarb&#8217;s controversial op-ed in The Wall Street Journal. Goldfarb, an emeritus professor at UPenn&#8217;s Perelman School of Medicine, argued against including political topics like climate change and gun control in medical school curricula. 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