Trump vs Universities

[ll74]

Does anyone wonder why us taxpayers are funding a PRIVATE college with about $55 BILLION in endowments?

The government pays universities for research.

Not a difficult thing to understand.

Our ROI is worth every penny.

 

[Justplainjeff]

The government pays universities for research.

Not a difficult thing to understand.

Our ROI is worth every penny.

So, you're saying the $55 billion in private endowments aren't enough?

 

[ll74]

So, you're saying the $55 billion in private endowments aren't enough?

Yes, I'm saying that.

 

[jason28053]

The government pays universities for research.

Not a difficult thing to understand.

Our ROI is worth every penny.

Yep, this is how we’re the greatest country or were anyway

 

[ll74]

Yep, this is how were the greatest country or were anyway

It certainly is a big aspect. We have the best tech development in the world in almost every industry.

 

[Justplainjeff]

Yes, I'm saying that.

I think the Jewish students living in fear of their lives might disagree. I still can't imagine why ANY Jew would go to this school. And please don't say to get an education, because they can't get that education while being threatened with physical harm every day.

 

[Politruk]

I think the Jewish students living in fear of their lives might disagree.

They might if they existed.

 

[ll74]

I think the Jewish students living in fear of their lives might disagree.

Obfuscation

I still can't imagine why ANY Jew would go to this school. And please don't say to get an education, because they can't get that education while being threatened with physical harm every day.

Funding for universities to advance our technology is a separate topic from student safety.

But I get how your God guy has conflated them for you to garner more political support

 

[Meekly_Anna]

In the civilised world, we take a similar approach. We pay for research and university chairs, but not only that. Basic research carried out by companies can be tax-deductible up to 100% by governments. There is a staggered system for applied research. The closer to the application, the less is financed by the state, because then the company becomes a market participant and the market must not be distorted.
Be that as it may, here (once again) things are being lumped together that do not belong together. It's as if "President" Trump were to make a sensible decision (crazy thought, I know) and then people would reject the decision because he wears such tasteless ties or because he rapes women in changing rooms.

 

[Politruk]

I still can't imagine why ANY Jew would go to this school.

A lot of Jews have been involved in anti-Israel protests.

 

[RobDownSouth]

I think the Jewish students living in fear of their lives might disagree. I still can't imagine why ANY Jew would go to this school. And please don't say to get an education, because they can't get that education while being threatened with physical harm every day.

Criminalizing "political speech" on college campuses placates the "donor class", but makes the students a tad angry.

A growing number of Americans are taking issue with any support for ending the Israeli massacre of Gazans being classified as "antisemitic hate speech".

https://i.imgur.com/IoYiNmk.png

 

[RoryN]

I think the Jewish students living in fear of their lives might disagree.

^^^
Dumb & desperate take of a Deplorable in the midst of getting trounced in a back-and-forth with someone far smarter.

Next, you'll say I don't care about Jewish students. Run your sad little playbook, simp.

 

[RobDownSouth]

I think the Jewish students living in fear of their lives might disagree. I still can't imagine why ANY Jew would go to this school. And please don't say to get an education, because they can't get that education while being threatened with physical harm every day.

Some students will always aspire to be the "best and the brightest". Yes, even Jewish students (not you, obviously).

The Jewish and Israeli students at Harvard are smart enough to recognize Trump's performative theatrics at Harvard are not designed to benefit the Harvard Jewish population (currently 10% of the student body). Their main worry is that THEY (the Jewish and Israeli students) will be blamed for the collapse of the government/academic partnership that has worked out well for both sides for 80+ years.

Jewish, Israeli Harvard students warn Trump policy hurting them​

Hillel issues letter claiming the administration's confrontational policy toward Harvard University in the name of fighting "antisemitism" does not protect Jewish students and is harming the preeminence of American research and industry​

N.B. For those who did not see the point in attending college, "Hillel" is the premier Jewish student organization on virtually every major secular college campus.

 

[Lazaran]

Some students will always aspire to be the "best and the brightest". Yes, even Jewish students (not you, obviously).

The Jewish and Israeli students at Harvard are smart enough to recognize Trump's performative theatrics at Harvard are not designed to benefit the Harvard Jewish population (currently 10% of the student body). Their main worry is that THEY (the Jewish and Israeli students) will be blamed for the collapse of the government/academic partnership that has worked out well for both sides for 80+ years.

Jewish, Israeli Harvard students warn Trump policy hurting them​

Hillel issues letter claiming the administration's confrontational policy toward Harvard University in the name of fighting "antisemitism" does not protect Jewish students and is harming the preeminence of American research and industry​

N.B. For those who did not see the point in attending college, "Hillel" is the premier Jewish student organization on virtually every major secular college campus.

I would say: The unwarranted radical student (and non-student) behavior by the actual anti-Semitic crowd that was/is funded by foreign (and domestic?) arab / Muslim enemies of Israel AND America has yielded results far beyond their wildest dreams (nightmares?).

See also: Russia’s efforts to elect DonOld and the Ukraine war.

The adversaries of secular democracy have manipulated the fringe right wing AND left wing elements of American (western) society to a shocking degree, with SOME measure of "success" in advancing their agendas.

“Congratulations - You played yourself”.



(Ultimately, Karma will set things right. See: Arabs / Muslims and Russians suffering significant hardships as the laws of unintended / unanticipated consequences start to really kick in / catch up with them.)





We. Told. Them. So.

 

[Politruk]

I would say: The unwarranted radical student (and non-student) behavior by the actual anti-Semitic crowd that was/is funded by foreign (and domestic?) arab / Muslim enemies of Israel AND America has yielded results far beyond their wildest dreams (nightmares?).

What proof do you have of that funding?

 

[Lazaran]

What proof do you have of that funding?

Fairly convincing.

https://www.dailynews.com/2024/04/30/qatari-money-and-the-pro-palestinian-campus-takeovers/amp/







We. Told. Them. So.

 

[LittleTitLover]

I'm neither a liberal or a Democrat but I've been forced into a situation where I can no longer, in good conscious, vote for any republican.

The republican party is no longer a political party. It's now a cult, plain and simple.

I'm reminded daily of the history I learned in high school. For those who missed that class, Google "Germany 1930s". See any parallels?

I never thought I would outlive our democracy, but lately I think I might.

 

[Fuzzy1975]

I'm reminded daily of the history I learned in high school. For those who missed that class, Google "Germany 1930s". See any parallels?

There's a whole thread on the similarities...

https://forum.literotica.com/threads/usa-the-21s-century-germany.1628188/

 

[dmallord]

Yes, I understand it perfectly.
You both prove my point exactly, unfortunately. ‘Unfortunately’ because exactly what you write makes you what you accuse others of being.
I am what some US citizens call a left-wing fanatic, only these people use a different choice of words.
In the civilised world, people like me are called ‘liberal social democrats’.
For those who don't know what ‘liberal’ is, liberal means free from fear of oppression by the state or by others.
In other words, exactly what the supporters of 47 demand and the exact opposite of what 47 is building: A totalitarian state that terrorises its citizens by means of its institutions.
Your president makes it possible for strong market players to exploit the people and at the same time forbids these people to defend themselves against this. He systematically dismantles all structures that serve the people and strengthens and perverts those that benefit him. He will truly go down in the history books as the man who did the greatest damage to the USA.

And now we come to you two. You don't know me. You know nothing about me. You've read a single post of mine and you didn't even understand it. You are making common cause in tone and argumentation with the people who are cheering on 47 who are destroying your state. What does that make you?
I could write that here now, but that would be extremely rude.

You entered the room and expressed an opinion, which a couple remarked on. That's par for the course here.

So if you are done with the American soapbox, please, put it back under the podium and step to one side while we whine on about an elected imbecile who is terrorizing our country.

Folks who say 'I understand exactly' and 'you prove my point exactly' are usually fanatical in their views about what is civilized. You likely have little to no room for tolerance or acceptance. That's how you come across to me in your post, and possibly to those two as well. So you get roasted a bit. Accept it. You asked for it by posting what you did.

You probably also know nothing about the two you chose to chastise. Fortunately, you are choosing a mild reproach, and that's okay. There is room for you here, even if you look down your nose as we struggle to balance a loon's approach to governance.

 

[dmallord]

No; his Mom is Canadian.

You're claiming responsibility for Elon being unleased on the US? That's grounds for a declaration of war!

 

[Fuzzy1975]

You're claiming responsibility for Elon being unleased on the US? That's grounds for a declaration of war!

If you cannot blame the sins of the father on the child. how can you hold responsible the sins of the child on the mother....

 

[RobDownSouth]

Fairly convincing.

https://www.dailynews.com/2024/04/30/qatari-money-and-the-pro-palestinian-campus-takeovers/amp/







We. Told. Them. So.

Convincing? No.

From the article

And the New York based Lawfare Project, which examined

The "Lawfare Project" is an astroturf organzation that denigrates anything and everything remotely critical of Israel.

Anything they say publicly should be taken with a pound of salt.

 

[Lazaran]

Convincing? No.

From the article


The "Lawfare Project" is an astroturf organzation that denigrates anything and everything remotely critical of Israel.

Anything they say publicly should be taken with a pound of salt.

Um, let’s give the full picture:

From the article:

“Meanwhile, federal reports between 2015 and 2020 concluded that universities with major funding from Arab countries including Qatar and Saudi Arabia experienced 300 percent more anti-Semitic incidents than those that did not get such funding. Institutions receiving Qatari cash during the same period had 250 percent more anti-Semitic episodes than those which got none.

And the New York based Lawfare Project, which examined Qatar’s involvement in American higher education through the Qatar Foundation International, expressed concerns over biased presentation of content in classes related to the Middle East. The group reported that Qatari money spurred positively skewed teaching about Islam while sidelining balanced discussions of other religions like Judaism and Christianity.

Meanwhile, federal reports indicated that virtually all universities on the take from Qatar violated laws requiring them to disclose foreign donations, concealing unknown amounts of funding from oil rich countries like Qatar and Saudi Arabia.”



And the numbers, etc, were from FEDERAL reports.

I’m not saying there aren’t other factors at play, but it sure appears that "something" is going on. (A correlation between Arab / Muslim funding and frequency/ intensity of anti-Israel protests, etc.)



Also:

We. Told. Them. So.

 

[Justplainjeff]

^^^
Dumb & desperate take of a Deplorable in the midst of getting trounced in a back-and-forth with someone far smarter.

Next, you'll say I don't care about Jewish students. Run your sad little playbook, simp.

Your statements remove all doubt on what you think about the safety of Jewish students on many, many campuses all over this country. Sadly, most are financed by the ultimate self hating Jew, George Soros.

 

[Politruk]

Your statements remove all doubt on what you think about the safety of Jewish students on many, many campuses all over this country. Sadly, most are financed by the ultimate self hating Jew, George Soros.

None of those Jews are in danger, and many are active in anti-Israel protests, and not the "self-hating" ones, either.