Tuesday, June 18, 2019

We all do stupid things

Kyle Kashuv is a survivor of the Parkland shootings. He graduated second in his class and was admitted to Harvard. Somehow, Harvard learned of racist and anti-Semitic comments he made on-line exchanging comments with his fellow students as they were cramming for a test. He was 16 years old at the time. He is a conservative and works hard supporting conservative endeavors. But, he has also worked very hard supporting gun control in schools.

Because of these comments Harvard revoked his admittance. In his defense, he wrote, “I am no longer the same person, especially in the aftermath of the Parkland shooting and all that has transpired since.” He also wrote to the Harvard diversity office, apologizing and asking what he could do to be a better person. When the comments became public last month, Kashuv immediately apologized. “We were 16-year-olds making idiotic comments, using callous and inflammatory language in an effort to be as extreme and shocking as possible.”

What is Harvard afraid of?

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