Well, they did it. eLife fired Michael Eisen. Absolutely outrageous. The bounds of allowed thought tighten. Any criticism of Israel is out of bounds. A new McCarthyism, except instead of communists under the bed, it's people who think it matters both when Israelis are slaughtered AND when Palestinians are slaughtered. And many, many in the academic community, seeing this, are afraid to speak, especially those without tenure, & even w/ tenure especially those from Middle Eastern countries other than Israel. How easily they can be slandered as anti-semitic should they speak.
@kendmiller@pjw That’s horrible. Sadly, can’t sign the form although I would love to as it requires a Google account. (Google is a surveillance capitalist so the cost of having an account – my privacy – is a bit too high. Also, Google just pulled out of Web Summit because their CEO said “War crimes are war crimes even when committed by allies, and should be called out for what they are.” He has now resigned as CEO.)
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