Or, how to destroy a career by "emboldening the bad-faith exploitation of anti-Semitism by Right-wing actors who have no interest in the safety of Jews"
I don't understand why those presidents went into that hearing so unprepared. It was OBVIOUSLY a fishing expedition for exactly that kind of "gotcha" moment. But they all strolled in their like oblivious naifs who'd only that morning rolled off the turnip truck, expecting to be dealing with honorable people who would treat them honorably.
They should have all, instantly countered by challenging the neo-fascists about why they said nothing about islamophobia (it is the Palestinians who are being murdered in this country. They should have countered with the over anti-semitism of these Rep's own base and party members. They should have challenged them to produce one call for racial extermination that had come from ANY campus, not just their own.
In a word, they should have all gone directly on the attack.
By the bye, I read now that Stefanik has filed a complaint against one of the lead judges in the J6 trials for having had the audacity to tell the truth in public.
I was wondering about that as well. Why the "lambs to the slaughter" approach? Why sit back and allow a hearing that was clearly set up to make them look bad do precisely that? Your argument's spot on; they should've stood up against the bullies...yet they didn't. Such cowardice is difficult to fathom.
I don't understand why those presidents went into that hearing so unprepared. It was OBVIOUSLY a fishing expedition for exactly that kind of "gotcha" moment. But they all strolled in their like oblivious naifs who'd only that morning rolled off the turnip truck, expecting to be dealing with honorable people who would treat them honorably.
They should have all, instantly countered by challenging the neo-fascists about why they said nothing about islamophobia (it is the Palestinians who are being murdered in this country. They should have countered with the over anti-semitism of these Rep's own base and party members. They should have challenged them to produce one call for racial extermination that had come from ANY campus, not just their own.
In a word, they should have all gone directly on the attack.
By the bye, I read now that Stefanik has filed a complaint against one of the lead judges in the J6 trials for having had the audacity to tell the truth in public.
I was wondering about that as well. Why the "lambs to the slaughter" approach? Why sit back and allow a hearing that was clearly set up to make them look bad do precisely that? Your argument's spot on; they should've stood up against the bullies...yet they didn't. Such cowardice is difficult to fathom.