On "appeasement" at Columbia University

[Hume]

These three strategies—to sow dissension, to terrorize the vulnerable, and to suppress disagreement—are meant to work in tandem, to reduce the possibility that our University, or any like it, might serve as a counterweight to the authoritarian, illiberal mode of democracy that the Trump administration is working to bring about, drawing on a playbook developed by Viktor Orban, Narendra Modi, and Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

Appeasement

The pace of events on campus has outstripped the pace of thought in recent weeks. In short, the Trump administration has sought to remake Columbia by force and fear—and the University administration has largely agreed to it. If there is a strategy behind the University’s response, it may be...

www.columbiaspectator.com

 

[Hume]

Monday, March 31, 2025
The Tenth Demand?

David Pozen

The latest drama at Columbia—involving interim President Katrina Armstrong’s “resignation”—has broad implications for the academy and American democracy. Once unpacked, this episode throws into sharp relief the issue of whether universities now operate at the pleasure of the White House.

Balkinization

A group blog on constitutional law, theory, and politics

balkin.blogspot.com

 

[Into the Night]

These three strategies—to sow dissension, to terrorize the vulnerable, and to suppress disagreement—are meant to work in tandem, to reduce the possibility that our University, or any like it, might serve as a counterweight to the authoritarian, illiberal mode of democracy that the Trump administration is working to bring about, drawing on a playbook developed by Viktor Orban, Narendra Modi, and Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

Appeasement

The pace of events on campus has outstripped the pace of thought in recent weeks. In short, the Trump administration has sought to remake Columbia by force and fear—and the University administration has largely agreed to it. If there is a strategy behind the University’s response, it may be...

www.columbiaspectator.com

Violence and trespassing by students are crimes, Hugo. The United States was never a democracy.

 

[Hume]

Violence and trespassing are crimes, Hugo. The United States was never a democracy.

My name is not Hugo, you stupid piece of shit

 

[Into the Night]

Monday, March 31, 2025
The Tenth Demand?

David Pozen

The latest drama at Columbia—involving interim President Katrina Armstrong’s “resignation”—has broad implications for the academy and American democracy. Once unpacked, this episode throws into sharp relief the issue of whether universities now operate at the pleasure of the White House.

Balkinization

A group blog on constitutional law, theory, and politics

balkin.blogspot.com

The United States was never a democracy. Student violence and trespassing are crimes, Hugo.

 

[Into the Night]

My name is not Hugo, you stupid piece of shit

Whatever you believe, Hugo.

 

[Hume]

Whatever you believe, Hugo.

My name is not Hugo, you stupid piece of shit

 

[Hume]

The United States was never a democracy. Student violence and trespassing are crimes, Hugo.

get lost you piece of garbage

 

[Into the Night]

My name is not Hugo, you stupid piece of shit

Whatever you believe, Hugo.

 

[Into the Night]

get lost you piece of garbage

Nah. I know my town better than you know which way is up.

 

[Hume]

Nah. I know my town better than you know which way is up.

get lost you piece of garbage