Judge allows UC Berkeley antisemitism lawsuit to proceed

[BeatMan]

A district judge ruled Monday that an antisemitism lawsuit accusing the University of California, Berkeley of inaction regarding harassment of Jewish students can proceed.

District Judge James Donato in a 5-page ruling said the suit alleging the university violated the civil rights and equal protection rights of Jewish students could move forward.

“Taken as a whole, the FAC plausibly alleges disparate treatment with discriminatory intent and policy enforcement that is ‘not generally applicable,’” the judge wrote.

“The FAC also plausibly alleges that Berkeley was deliberately indifferent to the on-campus harassment and hostile environment,” he added.

The judge dismissed one claim that involved contracts with legal academics.

The case was brought on by the Louis D. Brandeis Center and Jewish Americans for Fairness in Education.

https://thehill.com/homenews/education/5228387-uc-berkeley-antisemitism-lawsuit/?tbref=hp

 

[HisArpy]

Good.

It won't change anything on campus, but the plaintiff's will get a financial boost from the impending settlement.

 

[RobDownSouth]

I felt it was a pretty fair ruling. The lawsuit can proceed on the actionable stuff (blocking access to registrars, blocking entrances to certain buildings, etc). Some of the questionable stuff can be litigated in court (waving a poster of a cartoon of the Jewish dean standing hand-in-hand with an IDF soldier waving a bloody knife...purportedly "blood libel"?) and shouting down a pro-genocide speaker (shouting down is questionable, rushing the stage with violent intent is not).

The Brandeis center "swung for the fences" and asked the court to declare "anti-Zionism" as a legal synonym for "anti-Semitism". Judge said oh hell naw, the government is prevented from defining what constitutes a "Jew" because of the pesky Establishment Clause in the Constitution (Trump does this often, so does our local judenazi Jeff Ben Zonah).

 

[schism666]

magatards have come a long way since chanting "jews will not replace us" and carrying torches.

 

[Politruk]

Good.

It won't change anything on campus, but the plaintiff's will get a financial boost from the impending settlement.

[insert your own greedy-Jew joke here]

 

[HisArpy]

[insert your own greedy-Jew joke here]

Not ANYONE'S fault you're an antisemitic asshole. THAT's all on you.

 

[Holy_Seduction]

Trump, Congress mount fraudulent charges of antisemitism to launch new attacks on student speech

‘Confirming their collaboration with the Trump administration’s fascistic attacks on free speech, several university administrations have announced they will fully cooperate with a right-wing congressional committee formed to attack student protesters.’

‘The Committee on Education and Workforce … has issued patently false charges of student “antisemitism” and placed demands on five universities …’

‘Walberg [who leads committee] … made headlines last year by calling for the complete annihilation of the Gazan population … the committee demanded that the university provide “all documents related to disciplinary actions taken against students involved …”’

‘All of the allegations in the Pomona letter were provided by the pro-Zionist Anti-Defamation League. The Pomona letter, along with those sent to the other four universities, expressly asserts an equivalence between criticism of Israel and criticism of the Jewish religion and Jewish people, branding both as antisemitism. It states:’

The term “antisemitic incidents” should be understood to include any incidents involving the targeting of Jews, Judaism, Israel, Israelis, Zionism and/or Zionists, or incidents otherwise identified as antisemitic.

‘This narrative, which the World Socialist Web Site has called “semantic inversion,” is a perverse attempt to equate genuine antisemitism with the politically principled and lawful actions of student youth opposed to the crimes of the Zionist state against Palestinians. It actually slanders the Jewish people as a whole, associating them with, and thus attempting to make them complicit in, the crimes of the Israeli government and its US imperialist backers.’

 

[Bray123]

Not ANYONE'S fault you're an antisemitic asshole. THAT's all on you.

Antigenocide does not equal Antisemitic.

 

[HisArpy]

Antigenocide does not equal Antisemitic.

Maybe you should consider that that's what all antisemites believe.

 

[BrightShinyGirl]

Antigenocide does not equal Antisemitic.

Hamas is genocidal. They’re just too weak to carry out their program. Falsely accusing Israel of genocide is definitely antisemitic.

 

[Bray123]

Hamas is genocidal. They’re just too weak to carry out their program. Falsely accusing Israel of genocide is definitely antisemitic.

Palestinians said 'Why us, what did we do wrong?' when their land was appropriated after WW2.

Israelis say that amounts to genocide against the Jews. Not to anyone else it doesn't.

 

[ll74]

Any university that fails to provide a safe environment for ANY student deserves to be punished for that behavior.

 

[Bray123]

The International Criminal Court has proper lawyers and they say that Israel's genocide against Gaza is genocide. Hungary and Derpy disagree, and that says much about both.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c807lm2003zo

 

[BrightShinyGirl]

Palestinians said 'Why us, what did we do wrong?' when their land was appropriated after WW2.

Israelis say that amounts to genocide against the Jews. Not to anyone else it doesn't.

The Palestinian Arabs were given over half the land in the partition of British Palestine.
They said "No it's not enough. We want the land given to the Palestinian Jews too!"
Since 1948 the Arabs have repeatedly tried to conquer Israel and kill all the Jews, which would be genocide.

 

[Bray123]

The Palestinian Arabs were given over half the land in the partition of British Palestine.
They said "No it's not enough. We want the land given to the Palestinian Jews too!"
Since 1948 the Arabs have repeatedly tried to conquer Israel and kill all the Jews, which would be genocide.

And then Israel invaded the rest.

 

[BrightShinyGirl]

And then Israel invaded the rest.

Jordan invaded Judea and Samaria immediately after the partition and held them for almost 20 years. They then lost them when they went to war again with Israel in 1967. That was the same war where Israel took Gaza and Sinai from Jordan's ally, Egypt. Eventually, Israel traded Sinai back to Egypt in return for a peace deal, but Egypt didn't want Gaza.

 

[Holy_Seduction]

Maybe you should consider that that's what all antisemites believe.

I would be interested to know what dictionaries, world books, encyclopedia, semantic studies, or other respected reference sources support the position you represent.

My thanks in advance.

 

[HisArpy]

I would be interested to know what dictionaries, world, books, encyclopedia, semantic studies, or other respected reference sources support the position you represent.

My thanks in advance.

You can look up faith and belief in any of those sources for yourself. Then you can cross reference the definitions you find with Islam and the Koran. And then apply those findings to antisemitism.

You will see it almost immediately. Unless of course you're an adherent of the faith and beliefs found in the Koran and Islamic culture, or you're a complete leftist loon without a clue.

 

[Holy_Seduction]

‘… look up faith and belief … cross reference the definitions you find with Islam and the Koran. And then apply those findings to antisemitism.’

That may be. But I requested standard reference works supporting your definitions.

Since you apparently deem your definition as one universally accepted by those who are not antisemites, it is reasonable to expect serious, respected references using language in the manner you claim.

Given that peer-reviewed journals in history, sociology and political science often publish research on antisemitism and genocide, one would expect standard definitions to apply.

Again, textbooks on human rights, Jewish history and Holocaust studies which provide in-depth analyses of antisemitism would be expected to use language as you indicate.

This holds for historical documents such as speeches, letters or other documents from periods in which pogroms and other forms of antisemitism were active.

Then there are works of ethics and ethical philosophy which address human rights and genocide, along with antisemitism and other forms of antisocial, aberrant behaviors.

I did not ask you to construct an amalgam. Nor did I expect to be tasked with doing so.

Given the original reference works, these additional resource, plus the standardized recognition of your language among all who are not antisemites, no amalgam is needed.

I’m not asking for heaven and earth to be moved. Standardized understanding plus abundant resources will surely make short use of this task. I’m confident you can do this easily.

More, making your case falls to you, not me.