There are two bad things about this, besides the injustice done to the victims. 1. It encourages more mobs in the future. 2. It teaches by example the lesson that convenience is more important than principle.
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One of the most surprising things to me about PC 2.0 is how spineless universities have turned out to be. Occasional university presidents, like David Yager, stand up for principle. But mostly they capitulate to the mob.https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/11/us/ronald-sullivan-harvard.html …
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Anyone in a position of authority have additional social requirements of good character. If anything happens that casts aspersions on that character then it is justifiable to re-evaluate their position. This is not politics or mob rule, it is how things are everywhere and always.
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Also employers may slowly start to value less the institution and its degrees.
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It’s a non-academic role that basically requires a good relationships with students, and he went out of his way to take a high paying gig representing a monster. What’s the principle at stake here?
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In our justice system, everyone is entitled to a fair defense. Innocent until proven guilty. Judge and jury decide, not the mob
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I'm guessing its because its because these institutions are about extracting money, little more
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If any university does not need the money it is Harvard with a 33B endowment
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