from institutions that were once beacons of intellectual excellence and honest inquiry to people who couldn’t find Israel on a map.
Our esteemed halls of learning have become, in the words of Professor James Orr “ivory asylums” that seem to care more about the diversity of immutable characteristics than diversity of opinion and genuine intellectual debate, let alone the truth of empirical evidence, historic fact and contemporary data.
And so, Black Lives Matter, except in Africa where black Christians are being decapitated and young girls kidnapped as sex slaves.
LGBTQ+ rights matter, except in Islamic countries that execute homosexuals (in Yemen you can be crucified for being gay).
And women should always be believed, unless they’re Jewish, in which case even videos of grotesque sexual torture, videos made by their torturers themselves and posted by them live on social media, must be Israeli propaganda.
The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.
George Orwell, 1984
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