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I think away to explain the preposterous nature of Claudine Gay’s, and Harvard’s matter is... we are seeing both of them play out a deal they made with each other to avoid Claudine Gay suing Harvard:

- Gay gets to write an Op-Ed in the NYT, admit no wrongdoing, and blame racism and a political hit job - not Harvard for forcing her out.

- She gets to keep her salary and stay on the faculty.

- Harvard gets to force her resignation.

- Harvard gets to appease donors

- Harvard gets to avoid a lawsuit that keeps them in the public eye that uncovers the flimsy vetting process of their president and would end up costing them way more than 900k / year.

For all the pundits falling for this HR nonsense? I got nothing. Happy Friday!

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... otherwise if you take all the noise at face value, then for me the headline is: “Harvard - 50B endowment can’t buy them courage to stand up to racism and right-wing political hit jobs.”

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So what you're saying is Harvard is a flaccid dick that uses donor Viagra because they're addicted to getting choked out in flagrante by recent high school graduates. I see.

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Ahhhh, you're bringing me back to my youth.

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