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Columbia University updates guidelines: 'Zionist' as a pejorative classified as harassment (www.haaretz.com)

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NEW YORK - Columbia University announced on Monday the revision of its anti-discriminatory guidelines, introducing new policies explicitly addressing the use of terms like "Zionist" when employed to target Jews or Israelis, in an effort to combat antisemitism and provide clearer criteria regarding harassment. The 73-page document prohibits coded language and includes a detailed checklist for students filing complaints.

Columbia's actions emulate those of other universities, such as NYU, which announced last month that anti-Zionist discrimination may violate its student conduct rules.

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[–] Linkerbaan@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Anyone supporting israel deserves to be shamed. What's next, inclusion for people who wave around Swastikas?

I'm going to call a Nazi a Nazi and a Zionist a Zionist. Zionism is the name their death cult gave themself in the 1900s.

[–] PiousAgnostic@lemmy.world -4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The problem is you want to feel better. Not change something. Some people just like feeling better than others, others like making other things better.

[–] Linkerbaan@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The problem is you want to feel better. Not change something. Some people just like feeling better than others, others like making other things better.

[–] PiousAgnostic@lemmy.world -3 points 1 week ago

I bet that felt good 👍. And your very small group of an echo chamber agreed with you.