Mehdi Hasan: Claudine Gay’s Resignation Is ‘Yet Another Example of Conservatives’ Uncanny Ability to Make a Mount Kilimanjaro Out of a Molehill’

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HASAN: “Harvard President Claudine Gay resigned from her post this week, marking the end of one of the fiercest and most fraught culture war battles in recent American memory. Now there is much to be said about GOP Congresswoman Elise Stefanik's cynical, dishonest questions around the meaning of intifada that set off this conflagration. Much to be said about the allegations of plagiarism subsequently levied at Gay. Much to be said about the vile, racist rhetoric that exploded on social media throughout this saga. But not by me. Not tonight. No, instead, I want to zoom out. I want to talk about how this episode serves as yet another example of conservatives uncanny, otherworldly ability to make a Mount Kilimanjaro out of a molehill, because it's a talent that liberals and leftists don't appear to have, the skill or inclination to mimic.”