Harvard Professor on Trump: This Is What Dictators Do, Concerns Over Anti-Semitism Are Utterly Bogus

Sanders TOWNSEND Professor Symone ░░░░░░░░ Townsend you know it ░░░░░░░░ me that what the ░░░░░░░░ is doing to Harvard ░░░░░░░░ in this case is ░░░░░░░░ part of a broader ░░░░░░░░ in some ultra right ░░░░░░░░ circles right There has ░░░░░░░░ a long war that ░░░░░░░░ been waged cultural political ░░░░░░░░ that wanted to be ░░░░░░░░ on higher elite if ░░░░░░░░ will institutions because of ░░░░░░░░ perceived if you will ░░░░░░░░ towards conservatives And I ░░░░░░░░ a fellow at Harvard ░░░░░░░░ Kennedy School and I ░░░░░░░░ tell you I feel ░░░░░░░░ though on the campuses ░░░░░░░░ there is an overcorrection ░░░░░░░░ ensure that that is ░░░░░░░░ happening What s your ░░░░░░░░ on if this is ░░░░░░░░ in a vacuum or ░░░░░░░░ this is in fact ░░░░░░░░ to the broader strategy ░░░░░░░░ some conservative circles putting ░░░░░░░░ and higher education institutions ░░░░░░░░ the crosshairs PINKER Well ░░░░░░░░ think that s exactly ░░░░░░░░ I almost hesitate to ░░░░░░░░ it conservative and that ░░░░░░░░ conservatism is committed to ░░░░░░░░ government government constrained by ░░░░░░░░ restraints This is more ░░░░░░░░ authoritarianism This is what ░░░░░░░░ the world over do ░░░░░░░░ try to disable civil ░░░░░░░░ organizations including the press ░░░░░░░░ arts organizations the judiciary ░░░░░░░░ firms And we ve ░░░░░░░░ this pattern from the ░░░░░░░░ Administration and I think ░░░░░░░░ concerns over anti Semitism ░░░░░░░░ utterly bogus the White ░░░░░░░░ has had Holocaust deniers ░░░░░░░░ Nazi sympathizers to dinners ░░░░░░░░ The concern about anti ░░░░░░░░ some of the punishments ░░░░░░░░ some of them don ░░░░░░░░ It s hurting Jewish ░░░░░░░░ who are in the ░░░░░░░░ and hoping for the ░░░░░░░░ that are being canceled ░░░░░░░░ s hurting the Jews ░░░░░░░░ making it seem as ░░░░░░░░ the defunding of cancer ░░░░░░░░ the shutting down of ░░░░░░░░ is to advance Jewish ░░░░░░░░ Jewish organizations are adamantly ░░░░░░░░ to this And speaking ░░░░░░░░ a Jewish faculty member ░░░░░░░░ know I don t ░░░░░░░░ it It s not ░░░░░░░░ for the Jews It ░░░░░░░░ a total pretext.”