In Defense of Student Who Pied Friedman
On April 22, Brown University student Molly Little threw a pie at New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman in protest of his pro-war, pro-corporate views, and the prominence he receives in promulgatin... continue reading »
"This student gets extremist cranks like Norman Finkelstein to address the university and considers it okay to physically assault a speaker with whom she disagrees."
"The punishment is quite obviously disproportionate to the offense. Institution or Affiliation Hines H. Baker & Thelma Kelley Baker Chair in Law, Professor of Philosophy, and Director of the Law & Philosophy Program, The University of Texas at Aust"
"I didn't realize that Brown is so keen to suppress and punish dissenting political expression. That's too bad. Institution or Affiliation Associate Professor of Philosophy, Dowling College, NY"
"Pieing a person that supported, by his actions, the death of 4000 Americans and a million Iraq's, displaced 2.5 Million Iraqis is being too nice to Freidman! Brown's should be a shamed of themselves for punishing her. They should give her an award her for"
"Please allow the student to matriculate at Brown"
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"This is a black eye for Brown and a telling sign of where its administration's priorities truly lie."
"Brown does not need to be vindictive"
"Friedman is a fascist tool and deserves cake in his face for all the lies that result in human slaughter."
"This is an embarrassment to the principles of American higher education! Institution or Affiliation Newcastle University (UK)"
"The corporatists must stick together otherwise they are lost. Reinstate this student. Institution or Affiliation Oberlin College, Class of 1970"
"Educational institutions should concern themselves only with the education of their students, not meting out capricious and arbitrary punishments. Institution or Affiliation The California Institute of the Arts"
"Pies don't kill; wars do. Do something about war Institution or Affiliation Bethlehem Neighbors for Peace"
"THIS IS SHAMEFUL AND UNACCEPTABLE - as a Brown alumnus, I am delighted that one of our own engaged in this act of harmless political theater. Are you the same administration who allowed me and my classmates to get full credit for our unfinished courses wh"
"A student that is more than a sheepeople, how radical. Sorry, the educator's term is critical thinking but it must be within "our" box. It is probably true that this is an indication that this student will not do well within a corporate structure. What ca"
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"This punishment seems extreme."