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Godwin’s Law strikes again.

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This is beyond despicable.

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This is so unjust!! Know that I will be praying for you. Hang in there!

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Horrible, and I think it's coming to towns near all of us. One question re Canadian PM's aborted meeting: with the *Italian* prime minister?

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Bless you and your sensitive, brave, and strong soul. What you are going through is the stuff of nightmares, and yet you are not backing down. If the majority, Jewish and non-Jewish, the decent, life loving, intelligent people had even a fraction of your courage, we might be able to stop this madness.

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Fuck me, this is heartbreaking and infuriating. If I were you, I'd reach out to the Foundation Against Intolerance and Racism -- https://fairforall.org/ -- they're helping me right now (pro-bono) with a racial discrimination case and I've also published my writing with in their Substack.

In the best case scenario, they can give you legal counsel or write a letter on your behalf. In the next best case, they might publish some of your writing on this and help bring this horror to light (your PR strategy).

If I were you, I'd also look into teaching at some of the newer universities in America that stand against Wokeness and anti-Semitism. Here are 2 that I know about:

- https://www.uaustin.org/

- https://www.ralston.ac/

Best of luck to you! I'm going to use your story in my upcoming book on DEI when I draw the connection between DEI and anti-Semitism.

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Sep 9Liked by Freedom To Offend

Thank you thank you thank you from Israel...I read this with such horror and sadness, as I always feel when I see what is going on in the world today...the West has been infiltrated and is being controlled both from without and within by nefarious forces, of that there can be no doubt. It is shocking to me that after the horrors of October 7th, with all of its shocking heartbreak and loss, that there are so many who have zero sympathy for terror victims, even as they decry (unfortunate) collateral damage. There is no moral discernment anymore, which is what makes your high ethical standards all the more laudable and praiseworthy...Bless you for standing up for what is right, even when you paid such an unfair price for doing so...I pray that all people of good conscience stand together against the current insanity: united we stand, divided we fall! You are one of the strong ones...

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I’m in emergency with heart attack precursors. The unions do not support Israel supporting profs and on TH they withdrew my grievances. That stress hit hard. I can do nothing. The machine is too big.

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Sep 10Liked by Freedom To Offend

Oh, no, that is awful! Wishing you a full recovery...isn't a lawsuit possible? It seems like you have very valid grievances...

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Turned out to be pneumonia, which is much better.

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I am relieved to hear that...much easier to treat! Feel better soon!

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Jul 25Liked by Freedom To Offend

I read this with rage and heartbreak. Like you, I am a Gentile, but have always aligned myself with the Jews. I wept reading about the Holocaust when I was a child in the 60's, muttered NEVER AGAIN. What has happened? How could this hate happen? If I wasn't 71, and I was a young woman, I promise you, I would fight with the IDF. I wear a Star of David around my neck. It's deeply personal to me. I posted your piece on my Facebook page and on X, along with your song. Please, if there's anything I can do for you, don't hesitate to ask!

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I wear a Star of David too, I thought I was the only one. There is a strong potential that staff members were deliberately told lies (criminal lies) about me and told to approach students and tell them this. That's pretty serious. But threats or something was said to admin. and they showed up at my suspension meeting very afraid.

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I'm American (strong Canadian roots, reflected in my name), so am not familiar with Canadian libel laws, but are you suiing them, besides fighting for your life? These people should pay for what they've done to you. I've been wearing a Star of David for many years, sometimes with a cross. But, The Star has not left my neck since Oct. 7.

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Jun 26Liked by Freedom To Offend

Thank you for writing this, so the truth can be known - and for the courage to stick to your convictions under outrageously unfair circumstances. You are a man of faith, and that will sustain you. All of us who are followers of the Jewish rabbi from Nazareth should share this deep respect and love for His family members, who have been so terribly mistreated throughout history... It is the most normal and natural attitude to have, yet seems so rare! My prayer is that God will reward you and your family with a glorious trip to Israel, as soon as this ugly but necessary war is over... Maybe you'll even get to meet some of the hostages who will finally - please, God! - be released! Am Israel Chai!!

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Thank you, it's madness. No idea what is happening, I never would have believed that when an institution was faced with coming in on the side of Hamas vs. Israel they would choose Hamas. They may get away with firing me and financially damaging me but their decisions will become known and will get out there. I wouldn't apologize and grovel or have my silence bought off.

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I'm sure you're right on putting agitators in there, on both sides. But I think backing an agitator and backing an organization that has roots going back 100 years is different. You have to admit that Israel is a functioning crazy democracy (proporitional representation isn't helping) that has both crazy settler parties and radical Arab parties. But does the US execute Hamas leaders that Hamas has accused of homosexuality, did the US write the Hamas charter? The enemy of my enemy is a horrible way of making alliances but if Hamas is aligned with Qatar/Iran and now Russia and then China, how would it benefit the US to support Hamas? Are you saying they want to create a reason to blow back against enemy Iran? My comment on Germany in the 30s and the slow acceptance of normified anti-semitism doesn't have much to do with this. You are right what you say about free speech, some are better than others. We are moving against it in Canada, that's for sure. I certainly have not been afforded free speech. One weapon against free speech is applying hate laws which are simply too vague and can be manipulated. My examples is.very personal but calling Hamas nazis, and saying I stand with Israel should not be called a hate crime. But they are and I am about to be fired for it. My accusor while loving Hamas and the Houthis and hating the west is very good at hitting the triggers of 'safespace,' with fake accusations of violence and moving every criticism into protect categories. If you critisize anyone who is brown on their politics you are automatically a racist according to him. I probably agree with you more than you think, you write well and go deep. But if the US was trying to support Hamas to get them to do an atrocity so they could blow back on Iran why are they now trying to fence sit and are deathly afraid of losing the Muslim vote? Seems like bad strategy. I don't believe in some good guy/bad guy simple polarity in the middle east anymore and I have much to learn obviously. My point though was just saying that Israel should be able to exist and that Hamas are bastards, that's not a deep political thought granted, but I left trying to figure out the Middle East a while back, I'm a guy without a lawyer fighting a multimillion dollar organization that plays extremely dirty. And as you note there are backroom moves that we may never see in geopolitics, I am still trying to figure out how a known antisemite could walk into a room of five senior executives and get away with calling me a violent threat to children (exactly his words) and leave those executives so angry and hateful to me they want to destroy me. There are pieces missing to my personal puzzle and there are pieces missing to the story in Gaza as you note. I hope you are wrong but you might not be wrong.

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They were stealing like crazy.

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Thanks for the post and comment. I just saw it...sorry for the time lapse. Of course, I agree, but I'm not sure we're trained to ue reason any longer. We're subject to the perpetual gaslighting that you mentioned, and educated (?) accordingly.

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I wish there was a way I could help you. I write letters, go to rallies for Israel and Jewish students but I still feel powerless. It does seem like the fix is in. As a former union rep in my field let me say, please have everything clearly documented including date and all the evidence in order. I have a feeling one day, you will win.

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Liberals behind an administrative tribunal, with its proof of “on the balance of probabilities” is a dangerous creature. Decision-makers’ weigh evidence with the same probative value as innuendo and concepts of “social justice” and “wokeism”. As a lawyer, I have been before them and have to expect and prepare strategies to meet a railroading process. Obviously, the court process is a far superior forum for achieving truth and justice.

I agree with a previous commenter who points out the dangers of an unregulated social media. When people used to organize themselves to tackle issues they met, they knew to whom they were talking and they checked each other with real, provable evidence. This position is not taken lightly by a Classical Liberal person, but the anonymity and unregulated medium is dangerous to truth. It spreads absurd accusations, ignorance and dangerous vitriol that others will believe and rally behind. Donald T’s ongoing campaign against truth and justice is a perfect example. People defending Israel are isolated by a few anti-Semitic posts that don’t tell the whole story but enrage people and create mobs with lies and half-truths. It is anti-intellectual.

You are, quite frankly, a scholar being abused by this mob. Do keep us informed. You may have lost some friends or frightened associates, but you have gained many, many more.

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I'm not even allowed to present a defence because i wouldn't sign a NDA. All accusors anonymous . . haha

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“The only thing standing between the Gazan people and a ceasefire is Hamas.” - Anthony Blinken. U.S. Secy. of State, this morning https://jewdicious.substack.com/p/passover-poland-april-19-1943

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