gadflybytes
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Provoking thoughts and reflections on contemporary social dogmas and current events, by asking probing questions, in the spirit of other gadflies.
Heidi Klum and her daughter Leni Klum
“As a queer woman, I’m not afraid of Hamas or going to Gaza. They are very accepting of LGBT allies, and anyone who says otherwise is lying. But I am afraid Israel would try to kill me.” Mental illness.
Civil terrorists vandalized this man’s home and office, targeting him for being Jewish. And yet, he rushes to defend institutions that flout civil rights law, allowing students cosplaying as jihadists to engage in criminal mayhem. Of course, the Trump administration is right to strip federal funding from repeat offenders like Columbia. Universities have evaded consequences for too long—this is the only one they’ll actually heed. The post-10/7 reality is that more American Jews finally see the threat of pervasive antisemitism in left-leaning institutions like elite academia. But those who are Democrats first and Jews second will always get squeamish when real solutions require breaking with their party—especially when Trump is the one taking action.
