At least 300 students have been prohibited from registering for classes at Northwestern University because they refused to watch a controversial antisemitism training video that they said was biased in favor of Israel, contained factual inaccuracies and could inflame campus tension over Gaza.
Why are they requiring students to watch a propaganda video before enrolling?
Is it propaganda? I would think it’s good for everyone to take in the perspective of everyone. You can disagree and poke holes in their arguments, or challenge items presented as facts. Why does it hurt to see someone else’s perspective, unless you’re worried that your own agenda might get challenged? There is a lot of bias and closed echo chambers (on all sides). I’m not trying to defend Israel’s actions in Gaza over the last few years, or their other human rights violations, but there is so much silencing of any opinion that contradicts the popular narrative that the pendulum can easily swing too far. There are people calling for the destruction of Israel and the genocide of Jews. Some folk need to understand the history of Israel (the good and the bad) before blindly jumping deep into the Hamas fueled propaganda. I don’t think any video is going to make any sane people think Israel’s actions are ok. But more moderate discussions after seeing other perspectives would probably be more productive than blind hate.
Let me know when they’re also forcing students to watch a video put out by Hamas’s press wing.
You’re trying to present this as some enlightened attempt to force students to see all sides of an issue, but they’re only showing ONE FUCKING SIDE.
I think the idea is that they already have the blind anti-Israel mentality just like you and seemingly most of the people on Lemmy have. You can’t even talk about it without swearing!
Some people need to understand the history of the trail of tears (good and bad) before blindly jumping into the Indian fueled propaganda…
You are absolutely not arguing what you think you are arguing.
Maybe you misunderstand? Yes, I think people should understand the history of the trail of tears.
There is no video that will make me agree with genocide, and to try is insulting.
And that’s where reading comprehension is so important. I would hope no video would make you agree with genocide - as I already said! I would also hope that some of the more radical anti-Israelis might be convinced tho that genociding the Jewish people would also be bad.
Yet here you are, trying to justify genocide.
Seriously, that’s what you got out of that? Are you trolling - or just blinded by hate? Or is it a language thing? I can try to rephrase for you if you’re honestly having trouble with non monosyllabic words.
I’ve heard all I need to hear from you - you are trying to claim that the current genocide is justified based on the potential genocide that could happen if Israel doesn’t completely exterminate Palestine. It’s a bullshit argument, I’ve heard it before, it’s insulting.
You are making yourself sound stupid, no offense.
It’s not what I said at all. You can scream at strawmen if it makes you feel better, of course. But if people like you would pay a bit more attention to nuance, this world might be a lot better place. But you do you.