When news broke that Harvard University President Claudine Gay was resigning, the Liberal Party's reaction was swift and harsh. The corporate media would have us believe that the gay assault is not just a story of a fraudster facing professional revenge, but the end of academic freedom, semblance of tolerance and decency, and even the republic itself. Nowhere is the mix of liberal delusion and malice more evident than in Wednesday morning's Associated Press report.

“Harvard University President’s Resignation Highlights Conservatives’ New Weapon Against the University: Plagiarism,” read the original Associated Press headline, followed by a slightly less specific “Conservative Attack.” Updated to explain. There was an immediate backlash against the original headline, which is still being posted on Twitter. He received at least three notes from the community. Plagiarism is a “violation” of Harvard's rules, and Gaye resigned for violating the rules. Therefore, simply “applying plagiarism rules” cannot be the “weapon” that the Associated Press claims.

Harvard University president's resignation highlights conservatives' new weapon against universities: plagiarism https://t.co/GiVkT3LgUo

— Associated Press (@AP) January 3, 2024

Of course, the community note is correct. But the Associated Press, under the guise of objective journalism, has wasted more than a thousand words trying to convince you otherwise. While they cautiously acknowledge that plagiarism itself is wrong, they construct their narratives primarily around identity and imagined power relations. There are two obvious problems with all this. One is the implication of personal racism itself, the other is the idea that a gay man can only be criticized as a function of the animus, because he succeeded because of his accomplishments. Both are not only wrong, but grossly dishonest.

The article begins by acknowledging that plagiarism is one of the “most serious” accusations in academia, but quickly focuses on the Newspeak term “duplicate language,” which seems to better describe gay behavior. move. Please rest assured. Harvard University's internal investigation found that her actions were neither “intentional nor reckless.” The Associated Press is leading us to believe that the upcoming external review is, at the very least, an overreaction. (Related: Liberal media rushes to defense of ousted Harvard president, portraying plagiarism as a right-wing 'weapon')

Moreover, many of the accusations came not from her “fellow academics” but from “her political adversaries. Rather than respectable experts who would hold her to account as she deserved, many of the accusations came from These are adversaries determined to find flaws.”

In other words, the unfairness of the accusation lies in the motives of those who slandered her. As the Associated Press points out, she had an illustrious career at Harvard and Stanford, so this accusation falsely suggests that she was “only able to reach top jobs because she is primarily a black woman.” It can only be assumed that it was caused by anger at the idea. Anyone who criticizes her is against her “commitment to racial justice on campus” and simply can't stand seeing a Black woman in a position of power.

Three paragraphs are devoted to attacking Christopher Rufo, one of the conservative activists involved in exposing Gaye's plagiarism, in order to highlight the racism allegedly contained in the accusation. The Associated Press highlights Gaye's use of the word “SCALPED” to describe his win after his announcement. The film ignores that “scalp collecting” is a common euphemism and instead argues that it is a “trophy of violence” that equates it to “white settlers” seeking “the eradication of Native Americans.” It's pretending to be a fantasy.

The article then moves on to survey “many academics” who were “worried about how plagiarism came to light.”reshaping higher educationIt has often been seen. bastion of liberalism” This is intended to challenge the notion that academia is aggressively and uniformly left-wing. It is simply “seen” that way by some subjective observer. This allows the Associated Press to brand its own critics as attackers. The Associated Press incorrectly identifies a neutral effort to “make universities more welcoming to students of color, students with disabilities, and the LGBTQ+ community” as a malicious ideological project. Their ulterior motive in framing higher education as an ideological cesspool is to “limit the ways in which race and gender are discussed in the classroom.” They are either stupid, bigoted, or both.

Scholars from the Associated Press make this point clearly. Walter Kimbrough, former president of Dillard University, spoke about her mother's experience as a black woman in academia in the 1950s. she”[Y]”If you want to avoid being labeled a 'DEI recruit' and being attacked by people who want to 'disqualify you,' you have to be twice and thrice as good at all times,” he said. It's very likely that his mother actually acted on this idea in the 1950s, before the advent of affirmative action. Two generations apart, a gay man rose to the top of Harvard University just by publishing. 17 papers After 30 years, such a claim can no longer be made.

Another former interim university president, John Pelissero, was ambivalent about forms of plagiarism, focusing on “intentionality.” However, intent does not (and never does) matter in plagiarism. The burden falls on the student to diligently ensure that “duplicate” words are not used. “Please explain ___ in your own words” is the most common refrain from English teachers. This country's top academic should know better, and if she doesn't, she's not even qualified to teach a fourth grade class.

Finally, American Association of University Professors President Eileen Mulvey gave the Associated Press the headline they were looking for: for pursuing a political agenda that endangers the entire culture of “academic freedom.” Plagiarism will likely be “weaponized'' in the future. (Related: Republican Rep. Kevin Kiley says President Gay's resignation heralds a 'time of reckoning' for higher education)

Of course, this is nothing but propaganda on behalf of the ruling class ideology that gay people represent. Gay represents the fundamentally authoritarian, illiberal, and culturally Marxist movement she championed on campus. The same ideas that justify discrimination against Asians in Harvard admissions also minimize the vicious anti-Semitism that gays refuse to denounce on campus. The latter finally crossed her line and those who criticize her took advantage of her own mistakes that she should have known better than to make.

This work aims not only to absolve gays, but to salvage the entire victim-oppressor narrative that has been embraced by every elite institution in America. It wants to reinforce the idea that minorities still live under America's dominant traditionalist culture. The objection to this is the thin moral thread that progressives still use to justify their right to rule. The Associated Press believes that despite all the status, power and wealth that comes with leading the world's most prestigious university, Gaye will forever remain a victim of powerful forces that hate her very existence. I want it.

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