{"id":55719,"date":"2023-12-03T15:11:11","date_gmt":"2023-12-03T15:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/?p=2038412"},"modified":"2023-12-03T15:11:11","modified_gmt":"2023-12-03T15:11:11","slug":"did-hamas-accidentally-crush-cancel-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gamefootballmobileanimeiphone.com\/index.php\/2023\/12\/03\/did-hamas-accidentally-crush-cancel-culture\/","title":{"rendered":"Did Hamas Accidentally Crush Cancel Culture?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hamas\u2019 Oct. 7 attack on Israel is an affront to everything we hold dear.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The world\u2019s reaction to the assault speaks volumes about how far western civilization has fallen, from students siding with Hamas to ghouls ripping down hostage posters. To say nothing of congresswomen spreading Hamas propaganda.<\/p>\n

The attacks had another repercussion no Hamas terrorist could have anticipated. They struck a blow against Cancel Culture and the rise of censorship in the civilized world.<\/p>\n

The press often puts the phrase Cancel Culture in scare quotes, as if it doesn’t exist. It\u2019s make believe, like unicorns and pro-Life Democrats.<\/p>\n

Not anymore. The scare quotes dried up in the days following the savage attacks.<\/p>\n

Like magic.<\/p>\n

Adam Carolla and Dennis Prager captured Academia’s rage against free speech in 2019\u2019s \u201cNo Safe Spaces.<\/a>\u201d The problem has grown exponentially worse since then.<\/p>\n

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How many deans and august faculty members dared to speak up on the matter prior to Oct. 7? Who railed against attack<\/a> after attack<\/a> after attack on speech<\/a> across academia?<\/p>\n

Suddenly, the Academic Left found its voice<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Campuses are defending free speech now that radical students are getting canceled for their pro-Hamas stances.<\/p>\n

The timing is \u2026 interesting, no?<\/p>\n

Nearly 170 faculty at Columbia and Barnard have signed an open letter released on Monday condemning the backlash students received after they signed an Oct. 9 student-written statement that called for advocacy for Palestinian students and engagement with on-campus activism efforts in the wake of the escalating violence in Israel and Gaza.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe ask Columbia University\u2019s leadership, our faculty colleagues, Columbia alumni, potential employers of Columbia students, and all who share a commitment to the notion of a just society to join us in condemning, in the strongest of terms, the vicious targeting of our students with doxing, public shaming, surveillance by members of our community, including other students, and reprisals from employers,\u201d the letter read.<\/p>\n

The Washington Examiner quickly called out \u201cAcademia\u2019s Selective Defense of Free Speech.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

In recent years, administrators have canceled or allowed the eviction of numerous speakers, investigated and sometimes evicted faculty members and students for violating left-wing speech codes, or let students and staff hound heterodox professors so maliciously that they feel they must resign. Rather than defend principles of intellectual inquiry, administrators have been more concerned about providing emotionally \u201csafe spaces\u201d for \u201ctriggered\u201d students than providing physically safe places for people expressing unapproved opinions.<\/p>\n

It wasn\u2019t just University, Inc. doing an about-face on the subject. The press, which adores Cancel Culture<\/a>, suddenly sounded scared that it might, you know, exist.<\/p>\n

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Last February, The Rock backpedaled on his support for Joe Rogan, saying it was a "learning moment" and he was "educated to his complete narrative."<\/p>\n

Now he spent 3 hours on Rogan's show. <\/p>\n

It's the latest sign "cancel culture" lost. My @TheHill<\/a> column:https:\/\/t.co\/Hh7mafoySP<\/a><\/p>\n

— Steve Krakauer (@SteveKrak) December 1, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n