Now this could truly be educational. Students protesting on our campuses have been offered free scholarships at Shiraz University in Fars. So, while Northwestern has reached a settlement with protesters to give scholarships to Palestinian students and positions to Palestinian faculty, U.S. protesters can now go to Iran for their education.
Mohammad Moazzeni, head of Shiraz University told media that “students and even professors who have been expelled or threatened with expulsion can continue their studies at Shiraz University and I think that other universities in Shiraz as well as Fars Province are also prepared [to provide the conditions].”
This could be the single most transformative educational experience of their lives. Of course, Iran is better known for floggings than free speech.
Iran is particularly prone to such contradictions like executing homosexuals while denying that there are any homosexuals in Iran or objecting to the treatment of protesters in the West while jailing, beating and killing protesters.
Warning: vegan meals are not available at Iranian protests. Instead, it has ordered the arrest and killing of writers and artists while holding such fun events as a cartoon competition on the Holocaust.
While expungements are not a common feature of the criminal justice system, it does have unique elements like judicially ordered blindings. Likewise, where else can you go where a criminal defendant was ordered to be executed by being tied into a burlap bag and thrown down a cliff with sharp rocks?
Some universities clearly have space after students were arrested for protesting the death sentence given a rapper. That includes Shiraz University where the Iranian regime’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) arrested students for protests.
The good thing is that U.S. students are already covering up their faces. Iranian women have faced arrest for being photographed without hijabs.
Students like Khymani James, the Columbia organizer declaring that “Zionists don’t deserve to live” have the right viewpoint but may find that the Iranian officials are less supportive in other respects.
Just a year studying abroad in Iran is worth a lifetime of education.
So Iranian universities are making the ultimate pitch to come for the free education and stay for the free amputations.
I can’t believe that a smart blog like this, can approach this subject with this much simple mindedness!!! Mr. Turley, I used to follow this blog a very long time ago. There were so many great discussions. I came back thinking that a question having to do with civil liberties, such as freedom of speech, could be well addressed by a great civil libertarian such as you….
But helas, we get a binary analysis “We are free, they are evil” kind of argument. Easy thinking, which supposes that freedom of speech or any type of moral position is handed to humans in the form of a green button and a red one. Green is good, red is bad. America picks green, and the rest of the world (Russia, Cuba, Chile, Iran under Mossadek, China, Pakistan, Brazil, South Africa…..and the hundreds of societies who oppose American hubris and jingoistic approach) pick red, just for the hell of it…….
I’m very depressed about the where the American discourse (and the fate of the world) is heading
I hope the antisemitic protestors take Shiraz University up on the offer, and get educated on what real oppression is.
For Toomaj.
The Holocaust was fake. And Israel won’t live to see its centennial. Seethe more.
Showing contempt, and disrespect, for Prof. Turley in these pages of his blog…..there’s just no call for it. Even if you truly believe Turley is provided his viewpoints by the folks at Fox news, without strong back-up, do you expect those of us who read Turley’s blog every day to give you any credence? The American media landscape could benefit from a lot more Turleys, be they well thought-out perspectives from the liberal side of the aisle or the conservative side of the aisle.
“Students protesting on our campuses . . .”
Those protests are a marriage made in hell.
They are a union of the ideology of militant Islam (think Iranian theocracy and 9/11) and the radical Left (BLM, Antifa). (Plus, of course, the useful idiots and appeasers).
Their common bond is a virulent hatred of American values (individualism and freedom) and a barbaric conviction that violence makes right.
Socialists, non-students, activists emerge as leaders of anti-Israel protests on campuses
https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/education/socialists-non-students-emerge-leaders-anti-israel-protests-campuses
“. . . U.S. protesters can now go to Iran for their education.”
Why bother? They can get the same anti-American propaganda right here at home.
You think we’re so innocent? We’ve killed more civilians around the world than Iran ever has.
Christ is innocence, and if you love Christ you must love the innocent. And if hate Christ then you do what America has and does do. Do you love the innocent Mr, Mohammed? I do.
Dennis,
Since you like following Trump’s finances.
DJT stock closed today at 48.6 Almost the highest it has been.
In addition Trump earned a 1.8B stock options bonus – because the stock stayed above 17.5 for 30 consecutive days after it opened.
Short Sellers are taking a bath.
Trumps Net Worth is now 8B that is now HIGHER than the Billionaire running the bonding company that you think Bailed Trump out.
In more Trump news – Trump after his Rallies in the Rust belt went to a New York Fire Station to deliver Pizza where he was ecstatically received by fire fighters.
This is in addition to the earlier Bodega Stop and the Construction site visit.
Trump says he is closing his eyes and listening attentively at the farce of a trial – not sleeping – but only loons on the left care as Pretty sure that those at the Fire Station Construction site and Bodega as well as the rust belt rallies, Saw a lively energetic sharp president – not the farce that the WH rolled out today to muddle his way through dancing arround over violent and hateful protests.
Several in the MSM are comparing these student riots to J6 – before catching themselves, Several are starting to condemn these students.
Regardless in UCLA alone most students were arrested than the entirety of J6 – and the protestors are promising to come back.
And the video – no it does not compare to J6 – it is MUCH WORSE.
Contra left wing nuts – J6 protestors treated the capitol with Respect. While these student protestors have cause massive amounts of damage to the places they live and go to school.
Even wild animals do not s$hit in their own nests.
So far no protestors had guns – but that is pretty much the only weapons they did NOT have.
They had riot gear, knives, paint balloons, frozen water bottles. barricades, baseball bats, LOTS of zip cuffs – who is it that these protestors planned on taking prisoner ?
Video of Biden condemning the protestors at Charlotesville – that would be pleal who were engaging in free speech – got a permit to protest, were beaten all the way to the park because the police were called away by the governor, and then all the ay back because the governor revoked their permit because of the violence being done to them.
Biden spoke eloquently and animatedly attacking actually peaceful alt-right protestors with a parade permit being attacked byt lawless counter protestors.
Biden has condemned Trump for the “good people on both sides” comment – but repeated over and over his own version of the same claim.
This week economic data showed inflation holding strong, the economy slowing.
At the University of Alabama pro-israel and pro-hamas protestors chanted back and forth -until they amazingly found common ground and chanted back and forth “F#$K Jue Biden”
Bad Day for Biden
Andrew MacCarthy said that Trump should just right Merchan a check for $10,000 and give it to him at the start of court every Monday for the Gag order violations he is going to do during the week.
MacCarthy noted that while Merchan could jail Trump for up to 30 days, that nothing could possibly be better for Trump than for Merchan to do so, that As I have said here repeatedly – Trump has the upper hand – because Merchan can jail Trump, but that could be the end of the election for Biden and probably the end of the Trial for Merchan.
Trump has Rope-a-doped Merchan and Brag.
In Trial adjacent news – Former Trump Prosecutor and NY DA Pomerantz – who wrote the book that claimed that Trump was prosecutable is being deposed and he took the 5th amendment REPEATEDLY, including simple questions like – did you violate the law during your investigations of Trump.
John Say,
Awesome break down of current events our leftist friends do not want to discuss.
I did note the DJT stock had gone up, and all of a sudden our leftists friends went silent on the topic. How will stocks preform is a gamble. Who would of ever thought Boeing would be doing not so good right now.
I know you are sincere Big Jon, but the sarcasm may scare off some highly qualified and deserving protestors. In fact, let’s pay for their one way tickets to Paradise.
Turley– “Just a year studying abroad in Iran is worth a lifetime of education.”
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I expect it would be a short lifetime but would feel like forever.
This is just plain silly. Anyone who pays attention to the lunacy of the Iran regime needs to consult a good psychiatrist.
This piece is nothing more than propaganda supplied by Turley’s handlers at Fox, provided to him as a means to rile up the dimwit MAGA morons who infest this blog.
Does anyone seriously believe that Turley writes this garbage?
Why the hell would any serious person pay attention what spews out of a corrupt Iranian regime?
How does he find the time to research and write this nonsense?
Speaking as a retired professor I can tell you that this time of year is the busiest in the academic schedule. It is finals time. Any decent professor will offer greatly extended office hours for students who need help or clarification before finals. Grading papers is very time consuming (assuming of course that Turley really puts in the effort). There is a very short time frame for professors to get papers graded for graduating students, and get the grades to the Registrar.
If Turley is really spending his time on this nonsense, then the Administration needs to know about it.
But of course the reality is that he doesn’t write any of this. It is provided to him by Fox.
If Turley is so wrong – then students should go to Iran for an education. I doubt it would take more than one semester for them to long for the freedom here.
Regardless, Turley is actually pointing out the Silliness of the current uber elite student protestors.
Whether it is Iran – or Gaza – the ONLY value protestors share with the nations and peoples they are protesting in favor of is hatred of jews.
That is it.
You talk about what Professors SHOULD be doing right now.
That is NOT what they are doing in the most elite colleges in this country.
You are quite simply proving my point.
If you think that this nonsense about Iran is worthy of any serious consideration and thought, then there is something seriously wrong with you.
You obviously fit the profile of a typical MAGA cult follower. That is, a poorly educated white male with a chip on your shoulder about perceived persecution that has denied you a meaningful life.
What makes you think that any significant number of professors are participating in these ridiculous protests?
I know, you heard it on the Fox Fantasy Channel, so it must be true.
The actual number of campuses and students participating in these protests is a miniscule proportion of the total student population of the country, but unfortunately you are incapable of realizing that fact. You simply listen to the sensationalized Fox propaganda, and conclude that the entire student population of the country is out in the streets protesting.
You really need to get some sort of life.
“Who are you gong to believe? Me or your lying eyes?”
Is that seriously what you are going to stand on?
“You are quite simply proving my point.”
You have no point.
“If you think that this nonsense about Iran is worthy of any serious consideration and thought, then there is something seriously wrong with you.”
Yes, we should just ignore a country on the verge of having nuclear weapons that already has IRBM’s and that has vowed to exterminate jews, that murders its own people when they protest, that is possibly the most mysoginyst and homophobic country in the world, and that is the worlds most significant exporter of terrorism.
Being concerned about Iran is just silly.
Nothing to see there – lets normalize relations with them, and send them billions of dollars.
Sounds like an excellent idea, with the best of intentions – what could possibly go wrong.
You do not have a point but I do – you are a clueless idiot.
“You obviously fit the profile of a typical MAGA cult follower.”
AGAIN, Libertarian, not republican Never voted for Trump.
Really really not a follower of ANYONE., or anything. But I was born with a working brain and excellent logic and reasoning skills.
I think for myself. And Though I am not some follower of Bill Barr either – he has it absolutely right.
What ever you think about Trump – Biden and his handlers are a danger to themselves and all the rest of us.
“That is, a poorly educated white male with a chip on your shoulder about perceived persecution that has denied you a meaningful life.”
Hillarious!! You know me so well – NOT! Do you like making a fool of yourself ?
I am perfectly happy, I have a pretty good life, a wife that I love and have for the past 40 years, two wonderful kinds and I am doing very well considering the idiotic efforts of the left to destroy everything they touch.
I am not tooting my own horn beyond that – except to say that you are ridiculously off base.,
I have excellent credentials – if that is what matters to you. But what matters is that I stick to FACTS and what can be derived from actual facts using logic and reason.
It does not matter if I have been successful in multiple fields, highly educated at the top schools in the country before they went woke, Published and respected in many fields, Or if I am just some poor schmoe that plunges toilets for a living.
What matters is whether my facts are correct and my arguments are logically valid.
“What makes you think that any significant number of professors are participating in these ridiculous protests?”
I do not recall saying that. I have no idea how many professors are participating – aside from the specific ones that openly take their places on the bully pulpit.
Frankly, I do not really know that the people destroying these campuses are even students. Does that matter ?
They are young, they are stupid, they are filled with hatred, and they are pretty violent, and whether they are students or not, they got filled with hatred and violence by the ideology taught at the institutions they are trying to destroy. My own Alma mater has not made the news so far – but I would guess this nonsense is going on their too. I graduated from one of the best engineering schools in the country.
Nor do I need Fox to tell me that – the MSM is begging these students to stop. Why ? Because these students priority is the destruction of Jews, while the MSM’s priority is the destruction of Trump, and the conduct of the students is burning the hopes of the rest of the left to the ground.
It is NOT Fox hosts that are begging these protestors to stop the violence, to stop the destruction of their campuses, to stop destroying college education for those people NOT engaging in these riots and property destruction, and blackmail, and F#$King things over for other students that actually want an education.
“I know, you heard it on the Fox Fantasy Channel, so it must be true.”
You left wing nuts seem to know only one note.
You rant about MAGA as a cult – but your the ones that show zero evidence of being able to think for your self.
Trump, Trump, Trump, Maga, Maga, Maga, Fox, Fox Fox – are YOU able to think for yourself. Regardless my sources of information as well as ideas, thought, … are with near certainty far more diverse than yours. Have you read Susan Brownmiller or Kant or Kiekegard, or Neitche or Marx, or Hayek of Keynes or Coase ? I have read these and thousands more.
Have you debated Lawrence Tribe, or Robert Riech ? You probably do not even know who they are.
“The actual number of campuses and students participating in these protests is a miniscule proportion of the total student population of the country,”
It is – did I say otherwise ? You are the one keeps claiming I have said things I have not. My son is in his senior year in college right now. His college is perfectly peaceful. I suspect there are some protests – what would a college be without protests. But no one is spewing hatred or taking over buildings, or thwarting the ability of other students to get an education.
Last night 1000 were arrested at UCLA. Before that maybe 2000 more. Many of those were non-violent and did not engage in property damage, but they did impeded the ability of others to get the education they are paying for.
Regardless, the most virulent form of this idiotic woke mind virus is confined to the most elite schools in this country. While the rest lean too far left for their own good – I thought the left thought diversity was a good thing ? Aparently only SOME forms of diversity.
“but unfortunately you are incapable of realizing that fact.”
You keep making a fool of yourself by making false presumptions about me.
” You simply listen to the sensationalized Fox propaganda, and conclude that the entire student population of the country is out in the streets protesting.”
Do you think misrepresenting others reflects well on you ?
One of the tests of ones ability to overcome your own biases is to accurately represent – without spin the views of those you disagree with. If you can not do that – your critical thinking is far too poor to engage in a logical argument.
I am insulting the crap out of you – but I am doing so correctly – I do not know what you think about everything, and I have not tried to make claims about your specific views on anything – beyond those you have expressed.
You have made specific claims about me, and they are laughably wrong – they would be defamatory – except that I really do not care – beyond laughing at you for your foolish false assumptions.
You attacked me – for assumptions – that I did not make or express. While yourself drowning in false assumptions about me.
Why should anyone trust you about anything – if your constantly making claims that have no foundation in fact.
As I said before It does not matter if I am a dishwasher or a published scientist. It does not matter if I have read Sartre or Seuss
What matters is whether the facts I have ACTUALLY asserted are correct, and the arguments that follow them are logical.
When you pretent that you know me or anyone else – you make a fool of yourself.
I am not making you into a fool – you did that to yourself. I am merely using your own remarks to point that out.
“You really need to get some sort of life.”
I have a very good one, and all I ask of you and everyone else is to leave me to make my own choices, live my own life.
And stop trying to use the FORCE of government to shove YOUR values down my throat.
John Say,
Great comment.
As you point out, non-thinking leftists cannot think for themselves and just repeat the MSM narrative they are told about anyone who is not a leftist Democrat. They are the ones inside a cult.
WOW!!!! Calm down my friend. Take a deep breath. Take a Valium.
Unfortunately, once again your ranting proves my point. However your MAGA mind is incapable of grasping that point. Let me spell it out for you.
1. These campus protests are ridiculous.
2. Only a very small number of campuses and students are involved. (There are 5,999 colleges in this country with 19 million students.)
3. MAGA world, along with Fox and their minions such as Turley, are painting a broad-brush picture implying that the entire student population and their liberal professors are attempting to destroy the fabric of this country.
4. The Iranian offer is simply a provocation from a corrupt regime designed to rile up dimwits like you, and unfortunately you fell for it.
5. The silliness that I speak of, is the silly reaction of MAGA world to this provocation.
6. The Iranian offer should be treated with the contempt it deserves, and should be totally ignored by everyone. Instead, MAGA world, Fox and Turley are wasting time elevating this craziness, which is exactly what the Iranians intended. You are simply playing into their hands.
As a side note, you claim to be a libertarian. This is the most dangerous philosophy we face today. The idea that everything will be just hunky-dory if everyone simply acts rationally in their own best interest is patently absurd, for the simple reason that it assumes that everyone is rational. You have to realize that 50% of the population is below average intelligence, and that a large proportion of the population is totally incapable of rational thought.
turly-u got your head stuck in your behind. you dont know what in the hell you’re mumbling about.
How does he find the time to research and write this nonsense?
Turley is the Author of all his posts on this blog.
You are free to present evidence to the support your lie.