Harvard Professor: ‘Americans Have Been Very Slow to React to to Trump‘s Authoritarianism’

RUSH TRANSCRIPT Because some ░░░░░░░░ even Israeli students for ░░░░░░░░ s sake It s ░░░░░░░░ a blanket ban So ░░░░░░░░ ve come out We ░░░░░░░░ that there s many ░░░░░░░░ groups and synagogues and ░░░░░░░░ who ve come out ░░░░░░░░ accused you know the ░░░░░░░░ Administration s Rationale as ░░░░░░░░ cynical And it you ░░░░░░░░ they should make no ░░░░░░░░ that it s it ░░░░░░░░ not really about protecting ░░░░░░░░ Jewish community But professor ░░░░░░░░ m not entirely disinterested ░░░░░░░░ I was a foreign ░░░░░░░░ in the United States ░░░░░░░░ years ago and I ░░░░░░░░ gave the graduation speech ░░░░░░░░ yesterday to the Harvard ░░░░░░░░ school of graduates more ░░░░░░░░ half of whom are ░░░░░░░░ you say internationals But ░░░░░░░░ spoke about something which ░░░░░░░░ know that you ve ░░░░░░░░ about And and even ░░░░░░░░ former Harvard president Drew ░░░░░░░░ Faust has just written ░░░░░░░░ the apparent lack of ░░░░░░░░ not just not at ░░░░░░░░ but but but around ░░░░░░░░ the country to this ░░░░░░░░ this assault that you ░░░░░░░░ been discussing I just ░░░░░░░░ to play a little ░░░░░░░░ of what I said ░░░░░░░░ get you to comment ░░░░░░░░ how you feel about ░░░░░░░░ And I was quoting ░░░░░░░░ the patron saint of ░░░░░░░░ broadcast journalist Edward r ░░░░░░░░ who after his distinguished ░░░░░░░░ War II career as ░░░░░░░░ foreign correspondent took on ░░░░░░░░ and the red scare ░░░░░░░░ home This is what ░░░░░░░░ said So always remember ░░░░░░░░ Edward r murrow said ░░░░░░░░ dissent is not disloyalty ░░░░░░░░ is actually an invaluable ░░░░░░░░ of our democratic process ░░░░░░░░ cannot surrender to any ░░░░░░░░ that deems only power ░░░░░░░░ Speech or thought is ░░░░░░░░ The whole point of ░░░░░░░░ and any other academic ░░░░░░░░ is to investigate power ░░░░░░░░ truth to power hold ░░░░░░░░ accountable without fear nor ░░░░░░░░ Edward r murrow said ░░░░░░░░ his programs holding senator ░░░░░░░░ McCarthy to account No ░░░░░░░░ man can terrorize a ░░░░░░░░ nation unless we are ░░░░░░░░ his accomplices It s ░░░░░░░░ shame that that murrow ░░░░░░░░ words are so relevant ░░░░░░░░ pertinent today But I ░░░░░░░░ you were right to ░░░░░░░░ them My sense I ░░░░░░░░ the view that Americans ░░░░░░░░ been very slow to ░░░░░░░░ to to Trump s ░░░░░░░░ I think this has ░░░░░░░░ lot to do with ░░░░░░░░ fact that we have ░░░░░░░░ recent experience with authoritarianism ░░░░░░░░ have no collective memory ░░░░░░░░ authoritarianism unlike say Germany ░░░░░░░░ Argentina or Chile or ░░░░░░░░ or South Korea. We