[Peace-discuss] Fw: Fwd: Hate will not prevail in C-U

[Carl G. Estabrook]

"...Hillel is working to address this visit with U of I's  
administration and the other groups that sponsored the visit..."

That's a threat of censorship and suppression of views on a university  
campus that is thoroughly McCarthyist. There should not be less free  
speech in the university than there is in society as a whole; if you  
don't believe in free speech for ideas you despise, you don't believe  
in it at all.

Instead of trying to prevent the expression of Mr. Braverman's views,  
we should be setting out and evaluating them.  Is a transcript of his  
talk or an article by him available?  --CGE


On Feb 14, 2012, at 9:05 PM, David Green wrote:

> As Braverman said on Saturday morning, the battle is joined.


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> Dear Christopher,
> Last Friday and Saturday, anti-Israel activist Mark Braverman  
> visited the University of Illinois and the Champaign-Urbana  
> community. Hillel had been aware of the visit and had been working  
> in partnership with other organizations to mitigate its impact. But  
> as familiar as we were with the nature of the things he is fond of  
> saying, we were still stunned by the intensity of Mr. Braverman's  
> remarks against the State of Israel, the American Jewish community  
> and Judaism itself. The hate rhetoric adopted by Mr. Braverman is  
> unacceptable and it does not belong in our community.
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> I am writing to assure you that Hillel is working to address this  
> visit with U of I's administration and the other groups that  
> sponsored the visit. At the same time, we are concerned with the  
> well-being of our students, some of whom felt personally attacked by  
> Mr. Braverman's vicious words. All of our staff is available to talk  
> to you at any time if you feel the need - this is our number one  
> priority right now. Just contact one of us by phone, email or  
> facebook, and we will make the time to meet with you.
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> Hate will not determine how we live in Champaign-Urbana!
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> Le'Shalom (in peace)
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> Rogerio
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