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    1. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 12 May 2019

      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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      Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 12 May 2019

      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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        1. Evil Jacob‏ @eviljacob247 12 May 2019
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          It's classic corporate logic.

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        1. Mikael Pawlo‏Verified account @mpawlo 12 May 2019
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          One thing that’s adding to the general annoyance over the lack of a spine is also that the universities (at least _these_ unis) are rich enough to not care about popular opinion.

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        1. Anarchist Bokoblin‏ @PIdANielO 12 May 2019
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          This applies to pro-choice philosophy

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        1. Pawan Sasanka Ammanamanchi‏ @paws_ed 12 May 2019
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          But aren't Lawyers supposed to be unbiased about their clients and offer a "fair" trial to anyone? If you keep removing people who do things mobs/majority don't agree with that would be a very bad system to thrive in.

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        1. Sotiris (remotely in  🇬🇷 🇪🇺 🇺🇸  🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿)‏ @skaragiannis 12 May 2019
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          Effectively it transforms them to politicians :-(

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        2. Jeff Atwood‏Verified account @codinghorror 12 May 2019
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          it's completely consistent with people voting with their pocketbooks. This will become increasingly important if US representation fails to match the populace, e.g.https://www.economist.com/briefing/2018/07/12/americas-electoral-system-gives-the-republicans-advantages-over-democrats …

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        1. Lee Wen Jie‏ @TheWenJie 12 May 2019
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          Yes, university leaders must learn not to capitalute to the mob, especially in cases when urgent responses are needed in an inciden that is going 'viral'. Easy to defer, but that could set a bad precedence for future decisions.

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        1. Ernesto Humpierres‏ @ehumpierres 12 May 2019
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          They should read about John Adams, who defended British soldiers responsible for the Boston Massacre

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        1. Anna Gát  🧭 - OOO‏ @TheAnnaGat 12 May 2019
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          I went to university in Budapest where the academy is government funded, I studied for "free" (taxes) & universities panicked about the government. =People elect authoritarians & bye-bye academic freedom! Then I studied in the UK, paid & the subject of fear was... the students 😶

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