Word: hasanã
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Dates: during 2001-2001
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...Nader R. Hasan??s eloquent commentary on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict (Column, Dec. 12) is, unfortunately, riddled with both errors of omission and of fact...
...Faluji’s damning admission also puts the lie to Hasan??s characterization of Arafat as an “incompetent” leader under pressure to control a situation that is out of his hands. Arafat may be many things, but he is hardly incompetent; since Oslo, he has balanced talk of peace with use of violence in a carefully calculated way. That the United States and European Union have only now begun to call his bluff testifies to Arafat’s skill at playing this bloody game...
Perhaps most distressing, Hasan??s piece calls for censorship under the guise of “tolerance.” He implores the Harvard Foundation, the administration, and “every non-racist student organization” to denounce such events on campus, and suggests that Coulter ought not to have spoken here. It is the height of hypocrisy that “liberals” who love to appear as champions of toleration are often the first to sound the trumpet of censorship when speech hurts their collective feelings. She has been judged worthy to appear...
Instead of debating Coulter’s controversial policies, Hasan??s column resorts to ad hominem attacks, discrediting her as a “telebimbo” and the HRC members as “callous” xenophobes, all the while distorting and misrepresenting the views of a speaker, the substance of an event and the motivation of a campus club. If The Crimson had any courage, it would censure Hasan for his misleading journalistic tactics and reckless comments...
...Hasan??s article represents a growing trend within our campus community to label opponents as racist without compelling substantiation. The charges of racism bandied about during the debate over the causes of grade inflation serve as a recent reminder. For a campus that prides itself on fostering an environment of “toleration,” many recklessly abuse terms like “racist” and “hate monger” with shocking liberality. Perhaps Hasan ought to apply his hopes for “human decency...