Pipeline of hate: From campus rhetoric to capital murder
It is when theory kills, and “academic freedom” incites. It is the deadly price of moral relativism.
My recent op-ed in The Hill, Pipeline of hate: From campus rhetoric to capital murder, discusses how “what we witnessed on that dark Washington street was not an isolated act. It marked the end of a pipeline of hate that starts [on campus] and ends in a killing scene. This hatred is cultivated, permitted, and even sanctioned, masked under the guise of academic freedom.”
The perpetrator, Elias Rodriguez, was not a far-right insurrectionist or an Islamist. In the name of Gaza, and “free[ing] Palestine,” he shot dead a beautiful, innocent couple ready to seal the promise of their love; a couple seeking to gift that love to the world. His background showcases that he was brainwashed into a radical, perverted, and irrational notion of social justice that promotes the use of violent revolutionary action for societal change. He was both a leftist and a member of Unity of Fields, formerly known as Palestine Action U.S, which supports the death-cult of Hamas and “the intifada revolution.” Hence, the “Red-Green Alliance,” which has ironically yet masterfully merged the far-left with the Islamist.
Unity of Fields is a radical group active at Columbia University, and its broader network of Palestine-oriented organizations has established a strong foothold on campuses nationwide. Many faculty across American campuses have not only echoed the rhetoric of groups like Students for Justice in Palestine, which promote anti-Zionism and endorse violent forms of “resistance,” and Jewish Voice for Peace—whose George Washington University chapter justified the recent shooting—but have also actively joined and mobilized students toward anti-Israel events. These events are breeding grounds for anti-Zionist dogma and hate; slogans like “Free, free Palestine” and “Intifada revolution” are intellectualized, legitimized, and many times expressed verbatim. Just last week, that ideology—often shielded by claims of ‘academic freedom’—pulled the trigger.
“The killing of Lischinsky and Milgrim personifies when theory kills, and ‘academic freedom’ incites. It is the deadly price of moral relativism—and of university leaders choosing neutrality and cowardice, of institutions that protect hate speech until it ends in bloodshed.”
Read my op-ed here: Pipeline of hate: From campus rhetoric to capital murder.
