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[–]Anna_Nym 12 insightful - 1 fun12 insightful - 0 fun13 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Weiss is not a Trump supporter. I doubt she's ever voted Republican, although I can't be sure of that. She's a free speech liberal. People don't like her because she calls out anti-Semitism and supports Israel (but has also called out Netanyahu's administration and criticized anti-BDS rulings that infringe on free speech).

But yes, in addition to that, she's basically called out for not toeing the party line. Also, a bad tweet about Mirai Nagasu that her co-workers compared to Japanese internment.

[–]notcisjustwoman 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

She's not a free speech anything except for herself. She spent her college years trying to get professors fired for being critical of Israel and has spent the time since pretending that she didn't do that. I support the message of the letter but I have been very amused at the fallout from it considering who signed it.

[–]Anna_Nym 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Bari Weiss is in her mid-30s. Her college years don't seem particularly relevant to me. I don't think they would be relevant to anyone else if not for her other writings.

(That story is also contested. The counter-POV it is that Weiss protested a professor for his treatment of Jewish students, not his views on Palestine/Israel. I haven't seen either framing put forward by an impartial person in an impartial way, so I don't know whether one is closer to the truth than the other. Since I don't care about Weiss's college activism, I don't plan to put any energy into trying to find out.)