Harvard University students are taking matters into their own hands by targeting anyone associated with President Trump by blacklisting them from “teaching, speaking, or attending the institution.”
Fox Business reports:
A petition circulating in the Harvard University student body seeks to ban Trump administration officials from teaching, speaking, or attending the institution because of their association with the president.
(1/3) SCOOP via @LJMoynihan: A group of @Harvard students is seeking to ban any Trump administration alum from attending, teaching, or speaking at Harvard, according a Harvard student with direct knowledge.
— Charles Gasparino (@CGasparino) November 17, 2020
(3/3) In the event the university does associate with a Trump alum, they demand the school “create and share with students transparent guidelines” as to why that Trump official is allowed on campus. No comment from Harvard.
— Charles Gasparino (@CGasparino) November 17, 2020
Critics commented on social media.
Aggressively unpleasant teenagers who want adult day care and stifled thought. Who the hell wants to spend time on a campus, anyway?
— daniel burlington (@danielburlingt1) November 18, 2020
Sad to see this happening in America. Only Socialists and Communists need apply.
— thelidlives (@thelidlives) November 17, 2020
Targeting and punishing supporters of President Trump isn’t only happening at Harvard.
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) recently sounded the alarm for help to compile a list of President Trump’s supporters calling them “Trump sycophants.”
Is anyone archiving these Trump sycophants for when they try to downplay or deny their complicity in the future? I foresee decent probability of many deleted Tweets, writings, photos in the future
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) November 6, 2020
Others also support the initiative.
You better believe it. We just launched the Trump Accountability Project to make sure anyone who took a paycheck to help Trump undermine America is held responsible for what they did. https://t.co/clRu6WSfvL https://t.co/J78dgyHJpG
— Hari Sevugan (@HariSevugan) November 6, 2020
Any R now promoting rejection of an election or calling to not to follow the will of voters or making baseless allegations of fraud should never serve in office, join a corporate board, find a faculty position or be accepted into "polite" society. We have a list.
— Jennifer 'the people have decided' Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) November 6, 2020
Given the mounting effort to punish President Trump’s supporters, I felt it was time to call out the intimidation effort promoted by Ocasio-Cortez.
Accordingly, I called out Ocasio-Cortez on social media, and my video generated over 325,000 views.
@AOC I’m sick & tired of YOU & your radical mob trying to intimidate Freedom Loving Americans. Put me 1st on your enemies list of @realDonaldTrump supporters. pic.twitter.com/zlIDWpwJQb
— Deneen Borelli (@deneenborelli) November 8, 2020
There was a time when the classroom was the environment for a diversity of thought and open debate.
Harvard students should focus on getting an education rather than being radical activists driven to blacklist supporters of President Trump.