As reported previously by this site, the BDS movement (Boycott, Divest, and Sanctions-against Israel) continues to leave a stain on the reputation of Harvard, supposedly the most prestigious university in America. In real life, however, Harvard is just another politically-correct cesspool.
The student newspaper, the Harvard Crimson, is typical of the one-sided news you can expect from student newspapers. 90% of the content devoted to politics or the issues of the day is from the leftist point of view. The other 10% is when they decide to allow an opposing voice to write an op-ed, or the paper publishes a dissenting reader comment. Online reader comments, over which, the Crimson has less control, tend to be critical of the liberal positions espoused. One might assume the readers are more from outside the university community.
In April, the Crimson editorial staff officially came out in support of the BDS movement, accusing Israel of apartheid and all kinds of human rights abuses against Palestinians. The result, as in so many other universities, is a climate of fear and intimidation directed toward Jewish students.
A Crimson associate editor, who is Jewish, Gemma Schneider, was not present at the editorial staff meeting that decided to post the pro-BDS stance. She has now written her own op-ed in the Crimson criticizing the board's move. I am cross-posting it here.
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