Steve Kelman, Harvard Kennedy School prof, moderate Dem, pro free speech/anti cancel culture, pro tax rich, pro-Israel. Research improving gov performance, China interest. Blog reprints Facebook posts
Lloyd Austin warned Israel about the possibility of scoring a tactical victory but a strategic defeat in the war in Gaza. If anti-Zionism is antisemitism, then that narrows the possibility of allowed criticism of Israel here in the US to practically nothing. Free speech got lost somewhere along the line. A backlash is quite likely, especially if we keep seeing awful images from Gaza that overwhelm our memories of the horrors of 10/7.
Lloyd Austin warned Israel about the possibility of scoring a tactical victory but a strategic defeat in the war in Gaza. If anti-Zionism is antisemitism, then that narrows the possibility of allowed criticism of Israel here in the US to practically nothing. Free speech got lost somewhere along the line. A backlash is quite likely, especially if we keep seeing awful images from Gaza that overwhelm our memories of the horrors of 10/7.
If supporting free speech, including the speech we (justifiably) hate, is a minority view, I'm happy to stand with you once again.