“like other racist and antisemitic hate groups such as the KKK, sought to mask themselves to hide their identities from authorities”On Oct. 18, I sent the following email to George Mason University President Gregory Washington on behalf of myself and sixteen tenured or emeritus professors at the university’s Anotonin Scalia Law School. I also sent it to the provost, the vice-president for university life, the dean of students, and the associate vice-president for university life.
The university administration has had no compunctions about opining about a wide range of current events, some only very tangentially related to university affairs. Moreover, a very poorly phrased tweet by one of my colleagues, despite being followed by an immediate, sincere apology, led to a chorus of public condemnation and reprimand by university officials.