The scene takes place in the U.S. Congress, on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, December 5. The three presidents of the prestigious universities of Pennsylvania, Harvard and MIT, the first two of whom are among the elite of Ivy League academic institutions, are questioned by Republican Representative Elise Stefanik about the decolonialist and anti-Semitic furor blowing through America's campuses, endangering Jewish students. "Is calling for the genocide of Jews a form of harassment that violates your university's rules of conduct, yes or no?The New York State congresswoman asked.
You mean that we will have to commit the crime of genocide to talk about harassment, this is unacceptable!
Elise Stefanik, Republican Representative
Astonishingly, the three presidents, sticking to a strict interpretation of "free speech," will answer evasively that it "depends on the context." "If it's targeted, severe and broad, it can constitute harassment, if the word becomes an action, it can be harassment"...
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